April, 2011

• 7 April

  Macedonia: Democratic Union concerned about the new EP rapporteur on country

  The Democratic Union, which is part of the ruling coalition, is concerned about the appointment of Kristian Vigenin as European Parliament rapporteur on Macedonia, the local media announced. According to the Democratic Union Vigenin will not be impartial when presenting the reports on Macedonia. The party voiced concern also about …

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• 7 April

  EULEX arrests Kosovo Serb on war crimes suspicion

  EULEX has arrested a Kosovo Serb on a suspicion of war crimes committed in 1999. The detainee is Zoran Kolic, a member of the leadership of the Independent Liberal Party. EULEX announced that one person had been arrested in relation with a war crimes investigation.

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• 7 April

  Armenian Deputy FM meets Georgia’s Ambassador

  On April 7 Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan received the newly appointed Ambassador of Georgia to Armenia, Tengiz Sharmanashvili. Highly appreciating the mutually beneficial cooperation established between the two countries, the parties discussed a number of issues related to Armenian-Georgian relations in different spheres.

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• 7 April

  EP says accession talks with former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia should start now

  Parliament on Thursday called on EU Member States to begin accession negotiations immediately with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Regretting that the name dispute with Greece is causing deadlock, MEPs also expressed concern over the growing inter-ethnic tensions in the country, as well as corruption and recent

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• 7 April

  Serbia has to amend MPs Act to start talks with EU

  Even if Serbia obtains a status of a EU member state candidate, the country will get a date for launching the negotiations, unless it amends the act for election of members of the parliament. Head of the parliamentary group of the ruling Democratic Party, Nada Kolundjia, said that the act …

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• 7 April

  Kosovo parties agreed on Presidential Candidate

  Kosovo’s government and the main opposition party have reached agreement on a presidential candidate, staving off fears that the government might collapse. Atifete Jahjaga, the deputy director of Kosovo police, has been named as the new candidate after several rounds of talks on Wednesday night between the ruling

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• 7 April

  OSCE urges Albanian parties to recognise May elections’ results

  The OSCE called on political parties to recognise the results of the upcoming May 8th local elections as an important aspect of democracy. Head of the mission in Albania Eugen Wollfarth told an experts’ roundtable on

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• 7 April

  Kosovo parties failed to agree on President

  Mediation has failed to result in a compromise on the Kosovo president issue among political parties, local media reported on Wednesday (April 6th). Facilitated by US Ambassador Christopher Dell and the head of

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• 6 April

  5+2 meeting focuses on resumption of official negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement

  Resumption of the official negotiations in the Transdniestrian settlement process was the focus of a 4-5 April informal meeting of the participants in the 5+2 Transdniestrian settlement process chaired by the Special Representative of the Lithuanian Chairman-in-Office of OSCE for protracted conflicts, Ambassador Giedrius Čekuolis.

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• 6 April

  Serbian Minister for Kosovo: UN must have a role in Kosovo dialogue

  Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović met on Tuesday with the head of the UN mission in Kosovo, Lamberto Zannier. Bogdanović told Zannier that the UN “has not been involved in the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština

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