November, 2010

• 15 November

  Brammertz visits Serbia on Monday

  UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz will visit Belgrade today to discuss Serbia’s co-operation with the court. He is scheduled to meet with Serbia’s President Boris Tadic, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and head of the national council for co-operation with The Hague tribunal, Rasim Ljajic. Brammertz writes regular …

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• 15 November

  War crimes suspect detained in Croatia

  Croatian police detained on last Friday one person for suspected war crimes committed in 1991 and issued arrest warrants for four others. The five were allegedly involved in killing 12 members of the Vinkovci-based special police unit in Borovo Selo, eastern Croatia, in 1991. The 12 police officers went to …

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• 12 November

  Russia believes NATO summit will completely put an end to the post-Cold War

  Russia believes the Russia-NATO summit in Lisbon will completely put an end to the post-Cold War period. The summit will set guidelines toward a strategic partnership, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.

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• 12 November

  Moldova seeks NATO support in withdrawing Russian troops from Transnistria

  Acting President Mihai Ghimpu sent a letter to the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Anders Fogh Rasmussen, asking him to provide support in the pullout of the Russian troops from the Transnistrian region. In his letter, Mihai Ghimpu says

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• 12 November

  Romanian President is certain about Romania’s Schengen entry date

  Romanian President Traian Basescu declared that the procedures leading to Romania joining the Schengen Zone March 2011 are going smoothly. He said that he is optimistic about Romania’ s chances to join Schengen on spring 2011. He is certain that the EU member states will support Romania on her way …

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• 12 November

  Bosnia’s new tripartite presidency inaugurated

  Bosnia’s new tripartite president was inaugurated yesterday in Sarajevo, following 3 October general elections that saw the Bosniak seat go to Bakir Izetbegovic; the Croat seat go to Zeljko Komsic; and the Serb seat go to Nebojsa Radmanovic. The three will serve a four-year mandate.

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• 12 November

  Georgia wants Ukraine to jointly bid for EU membership

  Georgia wants to coordinate its actions with Ukraine as both countries bid to join the European Union (EU), Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze said here Thursday. “Gaining EU membership is the golden goal for Georgia and Ukraine. Both countries should support each

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• 12 November

  BiH: national reconciliation and trust can not be achieved without the prosecution of all war criminals of all nations in the region

  Nebojsa Radmanovic, chairman of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, said here Thursday that national reconciliation and trust can not be achieved without the prosecution of all war criminals of all nations in the region. Radmanovic’s statement came as he addressed the UN Security Council in an open meeting on …

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• 12 November

  Bulgaria government approved South Stream pipeline

  Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved a joint venture to build and operate the Bulgarian section of the South Stream natural gas pipeline. The new business will be registered in Bulgaria and will be controlled on an equal-equity basis by state-held Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) and Russian gas giant Gazprom. The joint venture’s …

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• 12 November

  Serbia: dialogue is the solution with Kosovo

  The Serbian government said on Wednesday that conditions have not been set to call on Kosovo Serbs to take part in the December 12th snap elections organised by Pristina. The cabinet believes that a sustainable and

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