September, 2011

• 20 September

  Turkish President says the country will not be affected without EU accession

  Turkey would respect an eventual decision by EU countries to deny Turkey full membership after the completion of accession talks, Turkish President Abdullah Gül said Monday, but urged EU politicians not to hamper the ongoing process.

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• 20 September

  KFOR removed barbed wire at Brnjak

  KFOR members removed on Tuesday morning barbed wire from the Brnjak administrative crossing, which was shut down on September 16. German and French troops of the NATO forces in the province removed the barbed wire from the checkpoint.

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• 20 September

  Kosovo says Serbia reactivated its trade ban

  In a letter to Brussels, Pristina warns that it will reactivate its trade ban with Serbia if Belgrade fails to honour the September 2 deal. Kosovo’s government on Monday sent a letter to the European Union, calling

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• 20 September

  UN Mediator ‘Won’t Visit Greece or Macedonia Soon’

  The UN envoy in the Greece-Macedonia ‘name’ talks, Matthew Nimetz, has no plans to visit Athens and Skopje any time soon, Greek media report him as saying in New York. Greek media reported that Nimetz said this after a meeting in New York with the Greek Foreign Minister, Stavros Lambrinidis, …

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• 20 September

  Serbia’s EU progress hailed by Brussels

  Bozidar Djelic started a two-day visit to Brussels on Monday to lobby for Serbia in the run-up to the expected publication of a European Commission “opinion”, or “avis” on Serbia’s possible candidate status. After meeting Enlargement Commissioner Fuele, Djelic said Fuele had especially commended Serbia’s good results in reforming justice, …

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• 19 September

  Serbia introduces taxes in North Kosovo

  The Serbian government has decided to bring North Kosovo back into Serbia’s tax system, cancelling the regulation about customs procedure at border checkpoints, which actually means that Serbia will collect VAT in North Kosovo again.

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• 19 September

  Serbian Deputy PM to meet with EU commissioner

  Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić began his two-day visit to Brussels, where he will hold bilateral meetings with officials of the European Commission and parliament. He will also open the “Serbia Days in European Parliament”.

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• 19 September

  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meets with K. Albanian officials

  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Kosovo officials that “Kosovo institutions should coordinate their activities with the international missions”. Ban said they should “coordinate with KFOR and EULEX in establishing peace in north Kosovo” – according to a statement issued in Priština.

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• 19 September

  Turkey threatens to freeze relations with EU over Cyprus

  EU candidate Turkey has again threatened to freeze relations with the bloc over the thorny topic of Cyprus. Ankara is angry at plans to give internationally-recognized Greek Cypriot authorities the EU’s rotating presidency next July.

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• 19 September

  EP President Jerzy Buzek says Moldova needs political stability and elected President to join the EU

  Just after EP gave green light for Moldova’s prospects of joining the EU, Jerzy Buzek said: “Today, we specifically underlined Moldova’s EU perspectives. The perspective offered to Moldova by the Council, the Commission and the EEAS would encourage the country to pursue reforms”, he said. 

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