January, 2011

• 21 January

  Serbian Deputy PM Djelic: new requirements on Kosovo not imposed

  Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic says the EU will not impose any additional requirements for Serbia regarding Kosovo. The bloc will not require that the country reach “any particular outcome” in the forthcoming Belgrade-Pristina negotiations, Djelic said.

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• 21 January

  Greece to go ahead with planned border fence

  Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas said on Wednesday (January 19th) that his government will go ahead with a planned fence along its border with Turkey to stop the influx of illegal immigrants into the EU. “We are taking action while at once preserving a human face and respecting all our …

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• 21 January

  EU says Croatia can complete accession talks by June

  Croatia can complete its EU accession talks by June, the head of the EU Delegation to Croatia Paul Vandoren and Hungarian Ambassador to Zagreb Gabor Ivan said on Wednesday (January 19th).

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• 21 January

  Greece hit by new wave of strikes

  Pharmacists, lawyers and railway workers launched a strike on Wednesday (January 19th) against austerity measures, including a proposal to open the so-called “closed professions”. Pharmacists and lawyers will strike for three days, while the railway workers’ action will last two days, cancelling all train services.

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• 21 January

  BiH: objection to new government to be decided by Constitutional Court

  The council for protection of vital interests within Republika Srpska’s (RS) Constitutional Court decided on Wednesday (January 19th) to allow a complaint filed by the Bosniak caucus in the RS upper house against the

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• 21 January

  Transparency International says Albania must amend its constitution

  Transparency International Albania urged local institutions on Wednesday (January 19th) to initiate changes to the constitution regarding the immunity of state officials. A special parliamentary session needs to address

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• 20 January

  Republika Srpska Constitutional Court Allows Bosniak Objections to New Government Reps

  The Constitutional Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, on 19 January issued a ruling that will allow the hearing of a complaint filed by the entity’s Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) in the upper house of parliament against the formation of the new RS government. The Bosniak caucus on 5 January …

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• 20 January

  Italy May Reopen Smuggling Indictment Against Former Montenegrin Prime Minister

  Italy’s anti-mafia prosecutor has announced that the indictment against recently resigned Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic could now be reopened due to his loss of diplomatic immunity. Prosecutor Giuseppe Scelsi from the Italian city of Bari told local media that even though the crime of which Djukanovic is accused took …

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• 20 January

  Recipe for Radicalisation: The Campaign Against Islam in Tajikistan

  A government campaign against Islamic education and political movements in Tajikistan, prompted by an armed conflict with ’mujaheds’ in the Rasht valley, risks creating the very militancy it aims to prevent, write Sophie Roche and John Heathershaw for openDemocracy. In earlier articles for opendemocracy, we wrote of the armed conflict …

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• 20 January

  Czech President visits Serbia

  Czech President Vaclav Klaus is visiting Belgrade today, where he will receive a charter of his acceptance into the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU). Upon his arrival in Belgrade, Klaus first conferred with Serbian President Boris Tadić, who will also attend the ceremony at the SANU. The Czech …

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