January, 2011

• 12 January

  EU: Controversial Population Census a Top Priority for New Bosnian Government

  The European Union is urging Bosnian political leaders to speed up the creation the ruling coalition following October 2010 general elections, saying that the adoption of a national census law should be the new government’s top priority. EU officials have repeatedly warned Bosnia that the failure to hold a national …

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• 12 January

  Kosovo: The View of the Serbian Minority

  Written by: Ioannis Michaletos Ioannis Michaletos: How can the present day situation, as far as, the Serbian population is concerned can be described? Oilver Ivanovic: The situation of the Serbian people in Kosovo is in some respects better than it used to be some years ago, meaning that the attacks …

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• 12 January

  Hungary’s ambassador to Macedonia: Hungary is ready to help in name negotiations

  EU enlargement is among the priorities of the Hungarian Presidency of the Union and Budapest is ready to actively join the Greek-Macedonian name negotiations, if it is asked for that, said Hungary’s ambassador to Skopje Ferenc Kekesi. “Hungary is ready to help in the name negotiations and actively join them, …

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• 12 January

  Moldova: Parliament is 80% functional

  Marian Lupu said the delegation of representatives of all the parliamentary groups to work on the Standing Bureau made the legislature 80% functional. “Today and tomorrow, all the parliamentary groups must convene and decide who will work on the commissions. Thus, on Friday we will be able examine the government …

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• 12 January

  Georgian Deputy PM discussed Georgian-Russian relations with Lithuanian FM

  Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze met the Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis, during his official visit to Vilnius. The two ministers discussed about Lithuania’s role (as the country chairing OSCE) in the process

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• 12 January

  Bosnian parties met for a possible coalition

  The main Serb parties, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats and the Serb Democratic Party, the two main Croat parties HDZ BiH and HDZ 1990, as well

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• 12 January

  EU observers: Kosovo should put more efforts to build democracy

  Representatives of the European Parliament say Kosovo should exert more efforts to build democracy, a recommendation that follows the need for a partial revote of the December 12th general

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• 12 January

  Serbia signed trade agreement with EU

  Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Mladjan Dinkic and EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht signed a trade agreement Tuesday (January 11th) as part of Serbia’s bid to join the World Trade

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• 12 January

  Italy backs Albania’s European path

  Foreign Minister Franco Frattini reiterated on Monday (January 10th) Italy’s support for Albania on its path to European integration. Albanian counterpart Edmond Haxhinasto was in Rome to sign an agreement

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• 11 January

  Swiss Media Lashes Targets Kosovo PM, Saying Thaci’s Rise in KLA Was Plotted on Swiss Soil

  Following Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci’s brazen comments last week comparing a Council of Europe report connecting him to organized crime to ‘Nazi propaganda’ and its author, Swiss Senator Dick Marty, to Joseph Goebbels, the Swiss media is hitting back. On 8 January, the Geneva-based daily Le Temps reported that …

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