January, 2011

• 26 January

  Serbia sends suspected war crimes list to Croatia

  Croatian Justice Minister Drazen Bosnjakovic confirmed on Monday (January 24th) that his ministry has received a list from Serbia containing the names of 33 veterans suspected of war crimes: Croatian citizens who were charged or were investigated by former Yugoslavia

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• 26 January

  EU’s Sannino stresses that Bosnia needs to focus on necessary reforms

  Stefano Sannino, deputy director-general of the EU’s Directorate General for Enlargement, has called on BiH to implement necessary reforms stemming from the EU agenda and to prove it doesn’t need an international

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• 25 January

  Greek PM is not optimistic for solving the name dispute between Athens and Skopje

  Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou shown pessimism for solving the Macedonia’s name issue between Athens and Skopje. Papandreou said he expects Macedonia to be named after a geographic definition with wide-usage. In his words Greece supports efforts of UN mediator Matthew Nimitz but

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• 25 January

  KFOR troops to be reduced by 50%

  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Brussels on Monday that the number of KFOR soldiers troops in Kosovo would be reduced by 50% as of March 1. Reducing the number of soldiers from the current 10,000 to 5,000 will be completed by March 12, Rasmussen announced, stressing that …

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• 25 January

  PACE to vote on Marty report

  The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will today in Strasbourg vote on a resolution based on the Marty report. CoE investigator Dick Marty published his report into allegations about disappearances

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• 25 January

  BiH’s EU integration postponed to March

  The EU foreign ministers will likely discuss the next steps in BiH’s EU integration process in late February or March, Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, announced on last Saturday. The ministers were to debate BiH this month but decided to postpone it until the new …

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• 25 January

  Pieter Feith says new Kosovo government should aim high standards

  International Civilian Office (ICO) head Pieter Feith is urging that the newly forming government observe high ethical standards. Feith said last Sunday that the government should

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• 21 January

  NATO Secretary General: The division of Kosovo is not an option

  Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced that the division of Kosovo was not a viable option and the Alliance’s mission KFOR would continue to

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• 21 January

  Turkey suspects EU’s will of Greece-Bulgaria walls

  Greece’s and Bulgaria’s plan to build a fence along the Turkish border is widely perceived as EU’s hidden intention to build a wall to mark its borders. Chairman of Turkish Center for International Relations and Strategic Analysis, Sinan Ogan, says Greece’s and Bulgaria’s intention to build a fence along the …

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• 21 January

  Macedonia to host the EU-Western Balkans interior ministers’ forum

  Poland accepted Macedonia’s bid to host the EU – Western Balkans interior ministers’ forum during the Polish presidency of the EU in the second half of 2011. This was the main topic at the meeting between interior ministers of Macedonia – Gordana Jankuloska and Poland – Jerzy Miller, part of …

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