May, 2010

• 17 May

  Serbia PM: Serbia Ready to Drop Genocide Suit

  Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic said that Serbia is ready to withdraw its genocide suit against Croatia if an agreement is reached for the genocide charges filed by both countries against one another to be mutually and unconditionally dropped.

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• 17 May

  Greece, Turkey make historic move to improve ties

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a landmark visit to Athens on Friday (May 14th) amid tight security, in a bid to resolve longstanding issues between the two neighbours. The two governments signed a total of 21 agreements, declarations and memorandums, covering such issues as

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• 17 May

  Albanian opposition rallies again against government

  Thousands of members and supporters of the opposition Socialist Party (SP) rallied in Tirana on Friday (May 14th) on behalf of about 200 people who started hunger strikes two weeks ago, demanding transparency in the June 2009 general elections. The protestors gathered in the main square chanting “Open the ballot …

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• 17 May

  Montenegro sentences former JNA soldiers for war crimes

  The Higher Court in Podgorica on Saturday (May 15th) sentenced six former members of the Yugoslav National Army (JNA) for war crimes. They were found guilty of ordering and committing torture against prisoners of war and civilians between October 1991 and August 1992 during an attack on Dubrovnik, and got …

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• 17 May

  Protests continue in Greece

  More than 10,000 people gathered in downtown Athens on Saturday (May 15th) to protest the government’s austerity measures. The action, organised by the labour union of the Communist Party, PAME, was a continuation of similar protests in the capital for the past week. A 24-hour general strike will be held …

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• 14 May

  Sondajul, geopolitica şi Putin

  „Acum totul merge în acord cu planurile Moscovei. Moscova s-ar putea întoarce la memorandumul Kozak…” (Alexander Rahr, „Nezavisimaia Gazeta”, 13.05.10) La Chişinău a apărut un nou sondaj de opinie. Trei lucruri se cuvin evidenţiate. În primul rând, punctul de plecare al interpretărilor trebuie să fie perioada de culegere a datelor …

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• 14 May

  Kosovo to host Balkans mini-summit

  Presidents of Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro will gather in Kosovo next month, local media said. The aim of the mini-summit, due to take place in the town of Prizren, is to promote regional cooperation.

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• 14 May

  Serbia “supports Croatia’s EU accession”

  Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić stated in Zagreb on Friday that Serbia supports Croatia’s accession in the European union in 2012. It is seen as a signal of further enlargement of the union and an incentive to the region countries to persist on their path to the EU, he explained.

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• 14 May

  Vice-president of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with south-east Europe: Dayton deal solution for North Kosovo

  Johannes Swoboda, vice-president of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with south-east Europe said one of the solutions for Serbs in Kosovo would be autonomy as was the case with Serbs in BiH with the help of the Dayton treaty.

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• 14 May

  Rusia vrea sa deschida baze militare in Ucraina, la granita cu Romania

  Federatia Rusa are in vedere deschiderea de noi baze militare, nu numai in Crimeea, dar si in Nikolaev, Odesa si chiar la granita cu Romania, scrie azi.md. Aceasta intentie ar putea fi realizata cu succes dupa modernizarea Flotei maritime militare rusesti din Crimeea, a declarat publicatiei ruse Nezavisimaia Gazeta, fostul …

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