December, 2010

• 6 December

  Moldova: PCRM requests Constitutional Court to recount votes

  The Communists Party (PCRM) Monday submitted an application to the Constitutional Court, demanding recounting the votes cast in the November 28 elections.

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• 6 December

  Bosnia’s Post-Election Future Bleaker Than Ever

  Bosnia’s multi-ethnic moderate party was the big winner in October elections, but the lack of viable coalition partners has left the playing field open once again to ethno-nationalist parties who are bent on maintaining politically opportunistic instability. By Anes Alic for ISN Insights. Three ethno-nationalist parties and one moderate, multi-ethnic …

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• 6 December

  Georgian FM: Astana summit shows OSCE is in crisis

  The Foreign Ministry of Georgia considers that the adoption of only declaration at the summit of such level as the OSCE summit in Astana indicates that the organization is in crisis and under the existing system of decision-making it is impossible to solve major problems.

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• 6 December

  Serbian minister says talks with Pristina could start by year-end

  Initial talks between Belgrade and Pristina could start by the end of this year, Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic said in an interview with Beta on Saturday (December 4th). He

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• 6 December

  UN’s Ban warns window of opportunity closing in Cypriot talks

  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Friday (December 3rd) that talks on Cyprus’ reunification could “founder fatally” unless a substantive agreement is reached within the next few months. “I fear a critical window of opportunity is rapidly closing,” Ban said

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• 6 December

  Macedonia seeks support for accession talks date

  Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki sent a letter to EU counterparts Saturday (December 4th) seeking their support at this month’s Council of Europe meeting for a date to start accession talks with Macedonia. In

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• 6 December

  Serbian President Boris Tadic says Serbia may join EU in ten years

  Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Saturday (December 4th) that Serbia is facing ten more difficult years of decisive change on its road to EU membership. “I believe that Serbia will become a member before these ten years pass,” Tadic told a congress of the Serbian Renewal Movement in Belgrade.

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• 3 December

  Russia skeptical about soon resumption of 5+2 talks

  So far, the Russian Federation cannot see either grounds or reason for resuming the 5+2 negotiations on resolving the Transnistrian conflict, Vladimir Tchizhov, the Russian Ambassador to the European Union, stated to the press. The foreign media quoted him as saying he does not share the

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• 3 December

  Cypriot FM visits Belgrade

  Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou has arrived in Belgrade for a one-day visit, during which he will meet with the country’s top-ranking officials. Kyprianou has already conferred with his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremić. The two ministers were expected to discuss the bilateral relations, Serbia’s European future, the issue of Kosovo …

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• 3 December

  EP’s Lunacek says EU losing support in Kosovo

  The European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Kosovo, Ulrike Lunacek, is concerned that the EU is losing control and support among Kosovars since the country has been

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