December, 2011

• 16 December

  Romania gives final approval for U.S. Missile Shield

  Romania has given final approval for the building of an anti-ballistic interceptor site in the country as part of a U.S. missile shield. In September, Romania and the U.S. signed an accord to install the interceptors at the Deveselu air base

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• 16 December

  Bulgaria backs Moldova’s EU Integration

  Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has joined forces with his counterparts from Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia on backing the EU integration of the Republic of Moldova.

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• 16 December

  Serbian President urges Kosovo Serbs to not provoke conflicts

  President says militants among Kosovo Serbs want to provoke conflict and retard Serbia’s EU accession. Serbia’s President on Thursday warned that Serb extremists in Kosovo

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• 16 December

  Russian aid trucks arrive in North Kosovo destination

  A Russian convoy of 25 trucks transporting 300 tons of aid for Kosovo Serbs has reached its destination at Zvecan after a prolonged standoff at the Kosovo-Serbia border. Seventy-two hours after being stopped at the Kosovo-Serbia border, a Russian convoy transporting humanitarian aid for Serbs in northern Kosovo finally reached …

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• 16 December

  Serbia, Croatia could retract genocide claims

  The new Croatian social democratic government is more likely to resolve the outstanding issue of genocide claims. An inter-governmental agreement on genocide claims between Serbia and Croatia may bring both countries

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• 15 December

  EU-Russia summit starts in Brussels

  The EU-Russia summit in Brussels has started. The meeting is attended by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, and European Commission (EC) President Jase Manuel Barroso. There will be a joint press conference after the talks.

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• 15 December

  Vladimir Putin says that Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan will have same currency

  Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan may introduce a single currency in the future within the Eurasian Economic Union between the three former Soviet republics, according to Russian

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• 15 December

  Skopje government to ask NATO to join under name FYROM

  Skopje government will ask for a change of the decision of NATO and a membership in the alliance under the name of Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Macedonian representatives will present the request at the NATO meeting on January 24-25 in Brussels. The country will ask the ambassadors of …

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• 15 December

  Northern Kosovo Serbs present way for peace

  N. Kosovo Serb leaders presented Wednesday a peace initiative to act as a temporary solution to the current crisis in the province international reps in Kosovo. The Serbs presented the initiative to KFOR, EULEX, UNMIK and OSCE at a regular meeting between the representatives of the local self-governments in northern …

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• 15 December

  German ambassador to Belgrade says Germany never asked Serbia to recognize Kosovo

  German Ambassador to Serbia Wolfram Maas has stated that his country has never asked Serbia to recognize Kosovo’s independence. “We have never expected or asked for the Kosovo recognition but we do expect normalization of relations (with Kosovo) from Serbia,” he said. 

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