May, 2010

• 20 May

  Kosovo receives invitation to Sarajevo conference

  The government has received an official invitation to attend the EU-Western Balkans conference in Sarajevo next month, Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci said on Tuesday (May 18th). Kosovo will be on equal footing with other participating countries, with an equal right to express its opinion on regional developments and European

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• 20 May

  Croatian panel reaches consensus on constitutional amendments

  The parliamentary committee on the constitution has agreed on almost all proposed amendments, the sole exception being the controversial issue of the expatriate vote, committee chairman Vladimir Seks said on Tuesday (May 18th). That one amendment has been the subject of lengthy negotiations between the ruling Croatian Democratic Union and …

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• 19 May

  Bulgarian MEPs discuss with European Enlargement Commissioner challenges before Macedonia’s European integration

  At the initiative of the MEP from the Group of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Evgeni Kirilov, Bulgarian MEPs (representatives of all political parties – Bulgarian Socialist Party, Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, Blue Coalition, National Movement for Stability and Progress, Movement for Rights

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• 19 May

  Moldova asks Russia to help resolve Transdniester conflict by withdrawing its troops

  The Moldovan government today asked the Russian Federation to help resolve the Transdniester conflict by withdrawing its troops and ammunition from the breakaway region, RFE/RL’s Moldovan Service reports. The official Moldovan statement was read to the press by Prime Minister Vlad Filat, one day after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and …

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• 19 May

  Serbia: Probe of Raska Mass Grave Site to Begin

  The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office has called for an investigation to begin at a mass grave site in the southwestern Serbian town of Raska. Ten days ago Serbia announced that with the help of the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, it had uncovered a mass grave …

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• 19 May

  Serbia hands over Mladic diaries to Hague

  Prosecutors at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal say Serbia has sent the court a bundle of diaries written by Bosnian Serb wartime military commander General Ratko Mladic. They have filed a motion seeking to have the notebooks included as evidence in the case against Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb wartime …

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• 19 May

  20,000 Romanian public workers protest wage cuts

  Some 20,000 public workers today gathered in the Romanian capital to protest planned government wage cuts meant to shore up the country’s ailing economy. Public workers, teachers, doctors and retirees protested outside the government offices in downtown Bucharest. The two-hour protest blocked traffic in the city center.

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• 19 May

  Romania set for mass protest

  Romanian authorities closed off parts of central Bucharest today, preparing for protests against drastic spending cuts which unions say could attract up to 60,000 demonstrators. It marks the first serious test of the six-month-old centrist government’s determination to force through austerity measures vital to securing more international aid for its …

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• 19 May

  Macedonia, Germany to hold security conference

  The conference cycle titled, “Ohrid talks“, which represent the continual bilateral meetings for exchange of opinions and experiences between representatives of Interior Ministries from Republic of Macedonia and German province of Brandenburg, is due to begin on Wednesday in Ohrid.

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• 19 May

  Russia and Ukraine adopt joint statement on Transnistria

  The Russian Federation and Ukraine stand for resolving the Transnistria problem by using exclusively peaceful political means through holding an equal-right dialog in order to determine a special and reliably guaranteed legal status for Transnistria on the basis of observing

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