TimeLine Layout

January, 2011

  • 14 January

    EU Anti-Fraud Commissioner to visit Bulgaria today

    EU Anti-fraud Commissioner Algidras Semeta will visit Bulgaria today to discuss about the measures being taken by the country to tackle fraud and irregularities in EU funds. During his visit in Sofia, the Commissioner will meet with Bulgaria’s PM Boyko Borisov and his two Deputies – Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov and …

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  • 14 January

    Serbia rejects Kosovo census

    The population census scheduled for April by Kosovo institutions is unacceptable for Serbia, the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija said on Thursday. The census should be postponed to the end of the year and the possibility

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  • 14 January

    Serbia has prepared all answers for EU Questionnaire

    The Serbian government announced it has prepared answers to all the questions from the European Commission Questionnaire. The answers are currently being checked and translated, said the

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  • 14 January

    Armenian President to visit Cyprus and Greece

    On January 17, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will leave for Cyprus on a state visit. The Armenian leader will then visit Greece on January 18. During the visits, he is scheduled to meet with the Presidents, Speakers of parliaments and Armenian communities of Cyprus and Greece. Sargsyan will also meet …

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  • 14 January

    Cypriot leaders met for reunification talks

    Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu met on Wednesday (January 12th) to discuss governance and power-sharing as part of ongoing talks to reunify the island. “Both sides put

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  • 14 January

    Spain supports Serbia’s EU path

    Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez assured visiting Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic of Spain’s support for Serbia’s EU bid after their meeting in Madrid. Two countries will continue to co-operate on all issues related to peace and stability in the Western Balkans and the EU integration process. Jimenez voiced support for …

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  • 13 January

    Armenia to boycott PACE discussions on Karabakh

    Armenia will boycott renewed discussions on the Nagorny Karabakh conflict at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE). The talks have been championed by PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu, who intends to revive a PACE

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  • 13 January

    Bulgarian Defense Minister visits Turkey

    Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul has met his Bulgarian counterpart Anyu Angelov in Ankara. Before meeting his Bulgarian counterpart Gonul said that after Bulgaria’s NATO accession

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  • 13 January

    EU to lend 46 million euros in budget aid to Georgia

    The European Union should lend Georgia 46 million euros over the next two years to help keep its government solvent, the bloc’s executive said Thursday. The EU first granted financial support in 2009. 

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  • 13 January

    Czech FM: talks between Belgrade and Priština would benefit the entire region

    Czech FM Karel Schwarzenberg said that talks between Belgrade and Priština “would benefit the citizens of Serbia and Kosovo”, as well as the entire region. The dialogue should resolve technical issues, which would benefit everyone, so that gradual progress could be achieved in “bilateral relations”, Schwarzenberg said recently. Asked about …

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