August, 2010

• 6 August

  Italy ratifies SAA with Serbia

  Italy has ratified the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Serbia, becoming the fourth EU member state to do so media reported on Wednesday (August 4th). The senate approved

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• 6 August

  Albanian PM wants institutions to step up work on EC questionnaire

  Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha has called on local institutions to complete the questionnaire sent by the European Commission (EC) experts on the visa liberalisation issue. The report needs to be prepared by the end

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• 6 August

  Cypriot reunification talks continue

  Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu held a meeting Wednesday (August 4th) as part of the ongoing talks to reunify the divided island. The leaders continued discussions on the

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• 6 August

  Serbia gives up appealing Ganic ruling

  The war crimes prosecutor’s office will not appeal a London court’s decision to free former Bosnia and Herzegovina presidency member Ejup Ganic. War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic explained on Wednesday

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• 4 August

  Serbia’s FM urges just solution for Kosovo

  Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić addressed the UN Security Council session on Kosovo Tuesday saying that Resolution 1244 remains crucial for resolving the Kosovo issue. “There is no perfect solution. But there must be an equitable one to which we can all agree-one that

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• 4 August

  Refugee associations urge Serbia and Croatia to resolve problems

  The Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia on Monday (August 2nd) deplored the lack of progress in resolving problems facing Serbs who fled Croatia after the 1995’s Operation Storm. In a statement

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• 3 August

  Serbian Foreign Minister: Serbia to ask for international help to start Belgrade-Pristina dialog

  Today’s sitting of the UN Security Council will be the first UN sitting to discuss the Kosovo issue after the ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said. In Jeremic’s words, the sitting will introduce the international community to the new details …

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• 3 August

  Cyprus not to recognize Kosovo independence

  Cyprus’ Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nicholas Emiliou declared that Cyprus will not recognize Kosovo’s independence but Serbia will find it hard to win UN’s support. Asked to comment on Nicosia’s position on Serbia’s resolution filed to the UN General Assembly, Emiliou said that the document is …

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• 3 August

  Albanian intellectuals required President to give citizenship to all Albanians in the world

  Albanian intellectuals required President Bamir Topi to give Albanian citizenship to all Albanians living all over the word. According to the intellectuals, Albania should give citizenship to all Albanians from ethnic Albania, which includes Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, South Serbia, Greek part of Chameria and the Albanian Diaspora, calling for amendments …

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• 3 August

  Belarus promises to recognize Abkhazia, S. Ossetia

  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has promised to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said. Lukashenko made the promise in the presence of several CIS leaders, Medvedev said. “Recognition (of the republics) is in our interests,” Medvedev added.

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