December, 2010

• 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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• 3 December

  PIC urges Bosnian politicians to work for EU, NATO integration

  The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board urged Bosnian politicians Wednesday (December 1st) to form governments at all levels — as soon as possible — that will work to implement reforms and accelerate the country’s EU and NATO bids. In a communiqué released after their two-day meeting in Sarajevo, the …

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• 3 December

  Serbia scraps visa for Albanian citizens

  The Serbian government has decided to scrap visa requirements for Albanian citizens, publishing the decision signed last week in the Official Gazette on Wednesday (December 1st). Albania abolished visa requirements for Serbian citizens in April. Albanians will be free to travel without visas within the EU as of December 15th.

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• 2 December

  Serbian President expects dialog with Kosovo soon

  Serbian President Boris Tadic stated he hopes for sooner initiation of the dialog between Belgrade and Pristine. Tadic has made that statement within the sidelines of the OSCE summit in Astana, Kazakhstan.

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• 2 December

  Moldova parties start new coalition talks

  Leaders of the Republic of Moldova’s ruling Alliance for European Integration (AIE) yesterday met to begin negotiations for a new government coalition, following parliamentary elections held on Sunday, Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Vlad Filat said, according to actmedia.eu. The Liberal Democrats, which came in second …

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