November, 2010

• 10 November

  EU approved Montenegro’s candidate status

  The European Commission has approved the granting of EU candidate country status to Montenegro, stated European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele. Fuele, at a press conference in Brussels, said that Montenegro

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• 10 November

  Macedonian PM satisfied with EC report

  Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has expressed satisfaction with the European Commission’s report which he received on Tuesday from the head of the EU delegation in Macedonia Erwan Fouere. Gruevski says the report assesses the progress in all areas. According to him there are remarks the government will pay much …

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• 10 November

  Macedonia invited to join Belene NPP

  Macedonia has received an invitation to participate in Belene nuclear power plant. Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traycho Traykov told Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Pesevski during the Vienna Economic Forum

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• 10 November

  Danube summit participants adopt EU Strategy

  Participants in a Danube summit that started in Bucharest on Monday (November 8th) adopted a declaration on the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia reiterated in the document their commitment to implementing the strategy

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• 10 November

  Croatian police arrest war crimes suspect

  Croatian police arrested on Monday (November 8th) former Bjelovar wartime official Jure Simic on suspicion of war crimes committed against prisoners of war during the 1991-1995 conflict. Prosecutors say Simic ordered the murder of three members of the former Yugoslav Army, part of a larger group of military officers captured by …

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• 10 November

  EULEX investigations continue in Kosovo

  EULEX head Xavier Bout de Marnhac said on Monday (November 8th) that corruption investigations are ongoing and that new developments can be expected soon. “This is a very serious issue … There will

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• 9 November

  Barroso: Romania needs to speed up judicial reforms

  José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, has advised Romania to speed up efforts to reform its judiciary system and combat corruption if it wants to join the EU’s border-free Schengen area. Speaking to the press following a meeting with Romanian President Traian Basescu

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• 9 November

  Croatia will not participate in Belene NPP

  Croatia will not participate in the construction project of Belene nuclear power plant, said the country’s Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor. Bulgaria offered Serbia and Croatia

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• 9 November

  EC to publish report on Serbia

  The European Commission will today in Brussels publish its report on Serbia’s EU accession. It is expected that Serbia will be called on to invest more efforts to find and

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• 9 November

  Turkish President comments on EU’s stance on his country

  Turkish President Abdullah Gul has told European leaders that the EU needs his country as a member if it wants to remain a global force. “It is sad to observe that some European leaders do not properly see the future

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