March, 2011

• 22 March

  EU Envoy Miroslav Lajcak makes efforts for free elections in Albania

  EU envoy Miroslav Lajcak will hold meetings with Albanian leaders on Wednesday in an effort to defuse tensions ahead of May 8 local elections. Lajcak is set to meet on Tuesday with Albania’s President Bamir Topi and Prime Minister Sali Berisha, as well as Socialist opposition leader Edi Rama. The …

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• 22 March

  Macedonia presents its arguments against Greece at ICJ

  Public hearings at The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) over an alleged Greek violation of a bilateral agreement between Skopje and Athens started on Monday (March 21st).  Macedonia presents its oral

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• 22 March

  Macedonian political leaders reached some agreements, negotiations to continue

  Some progress concerning the opposition’s demands regarding early elections was made during a leaders’ meeting Sunday (March 20th). Attending were Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, leader of the ruling VMRO-DPMNE, his coalition partner Ali Ahmeti, leader of the Democratic Union for Integration, as well as the leader of the opposition SDSM …

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• 22 March

  Albania and Kosovo prepare joint agenda on recognition

  Albanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edmond Haxhinasto says that Tirana and Pristina plan a joint agenda for the recognition of Kosovo’s independence. The foreign ministries are preparing a plan

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• 21 March

  Bulgarian President to make one-day working visit to Croatia

  Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov and the first lady Zorka Parvanova will pay a one-day working visit to Croatia at the invitation of Croatian President Ivo Josipovic and his wife Tatyana Josipovic. The two head of states will hold a private meeting in Zagreb. During his visit President Parvanov will meet …

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• 21 March

  Bulgaria backs Croatia’s EU membership

  There are century-old traditions in the relations between the peoples of Bulgaria and Croatia, but today they assume a new quality – the quality of NATO and EU allies, Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said at a joint press conference with his Croatian counterpart Ivo Josipovic. Bulgarian President and his Croatian counterpart …

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• 21 March

  Croatian President is confident that his country will join EU by 2013

  The EU membership requirements are one package. Croatia is doing what Bulgaria did, Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said at a joint press conference with his Croatian counterpart Ivo Josipovic. He was asked about the rate of political lobbying for Croatia’s EU membership.

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• 21 March

  Greece is still considering to build fence along border with Turkey

  Greece’s government has not given up on its plans to erect a fence along the country’s border with Turkey in order to counter the influx of illegal immigrants, Christos Papoutsis, the Greek Minister for Citizen Protection said. The respective procedures for the realization of the project will soon be launched, …

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• 21 March

  US supports Moldova on its reforms

  US Vice President Joe Biden sided firmly on 11 March with Moldova’s Prime Minister Vlad Filat and his reform plan. He called for the resumption of negotiations with secessionists seeking to break part of Moldova away and align with Russia.

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• 21 March

  Georgia says ready to continue WTO talks with Russia

  Georgia’s deputy foreign minister dismissed on Monday Russian media rumors that Georgia has broken off talks on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization. “Negotiations are in process and their continuation is in our best interests,” Nino Kalandadze said.

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