September, 2010

• 29 September

  Branimir Glavaš was arrested in Bosnia-Herzegovina

  Croatian politician and former high ranking army officer Branimir Glavaš was arrested in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday. Glavaš holds both Croatian and Bosnian citizenships, and was found guilty and sentenced to eight years in prison in Zagreb for 1991 war crimes committed against Croatia’s ethnic Serb civilians.

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• 29 September

  Hillary Clinton and Catherine Ashton to discuss Balkans

  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will meet in Washington today. According to reports, they Balkans will be on the agenda of the meeting, among other issues.

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• 29 September

  Karadzic challenges prosecution witness

  Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Tuesday disputed the testimony of a prosecution witness at his war crimes trial. The witness claimed Bosnian Serb forces, apart from shelling the capital Sarajevo during the 1992-1995 war, killed civilians by sniper fire.

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• 29 September

  EC promises to help Greece reform asylum system

  EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said on Monday (September 27th) that the European Commission (EC) will provide financial aid to Greece to reform its asylum system. “We are committed to help and

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• 29 September

  EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn says Danube strategy will be adopted in 2011

  Serbia may receive up to 200m euros annually in grants from the EU as part of the Danube Strategy, which will be adopted in the first half next year, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn announced at a

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• 28 September

  Bosnia and Albania closer to EU visa-free goal after EU parliament vote

  Bosnia-Hercegovina and Albania edged closer to visa-free travel to the European Union’s Schengen area, a key EU parliamentarian said Tuesday, as her report in favour of the concession was overwhelmingly approved at committee level.

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• 28 September

  Serbian President Boris Tadić: Serbia committed to Dayton

  Serbia remains committed to the Dayton agreement, Serbian President Boris Tadić stated. He stressed that Serbia would continue to protect and respect the legitimate rights of Serbs and all nations who live in the

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• 28 September

  Parliament in Moldova dissolved

  Moldova’s acting president on Tuesday dissolved a hung parliament and set new elections for late November. The announcement of new parliamentary elections by acting president Mihai

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• 28 September

  Cooperation Agreement between the Moldovan and Romanian Ministers of Economy, concluded in Bucharest

  The Republic of Moldova Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business Environment of Romania concluded a cooperation agreement Monday, in Bucharest.  The agreement was concluded by the Moldovan Deputy Minister of Economy, Octavian Calmac, and Karoly Borbely, Secretary of State of the Romanian Ministry of Economy.

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• 28 September

  EU keeps visa ban hanging over Moldova breakaway leaders

  European Union member states on Monday kept the threat of a visa ban hanging over the leaders of the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, as they called for talks on the status of the rebel province to resume. Moldova gained independence from the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. …

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