May, 2010

• 14 May

  Serbian PM to meet Croatian counterpart

  Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković will meet with his Croatian counterpart Jadranka Kosor in Zagreb. With recent improvements in relations between Serbia and Croatia, started by several meetings between President’s Boris Tadić and Ivo Josipović, the two prime ministers will meet on Friday in hopes of continuing the trend. Along …

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• 14 May

  Turkish PM’s kicks off 2-day visit to Greece

  Turkish Prime Minister Redzep Erdogan will kick off his 2-day visit to Greece, aimed at improving Greek-Turkish ties. He will be accompanied by another 10 Turkish ministers and over 100 Turkish businessmen. A visit to Greece by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week marks “the start of a …

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• 14 May

  EU Commissioner Fule: Macedonia is waiting for one EU country’s approval to begin accession talks with EU

  The process of Western Balkans EU integration depends mainly on the domestic politicians and not on Brussels, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said. Asked about the progress made by Western Balkan countries, Fule said that EU needs one’ country’s green light in order to start accession talks with Macedonia.

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• 14 May

  Romanian President Traian Basescu: Romania has means to avoid Greek situation

  Romania is no case in the situation of Greece, and has all the instruments necessary to avoid such situation, President Traian Basescu told a press conference Thursday. “Contrary to what some say on TV that Romania is in the same situation as Greece, we still have 2011 and 2012 … …

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• 14 May

  Bulgarian FM wraps up Western Balkans tour in Albania

  Bulgarian Foreign Minister was in the Albanian capital of Tirana on May 14 2010 at the close of his Western Balkans tour that has taken him to Skopje, Belgrade, Podgorica, Pristina, Sarajevo and Banja Luka underlining his message that Bulgaria wants to do its utmost to assist the region’s European …

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• 14 May

  Bulgaria Backs EU Integration of Bosnian Serbs

  Bulgaria will help the Republic of Srpska overcome the obstacles Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing in its quest to join the EU, Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov stated. “We are glad that with our visit here, we can see other viewpoints. But what is more positive is that the Euro-Atlantic integration …

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• 14 May

  Greece receives first tranche of aid

  The finance ministry announced on Wednesday (May 12th) that Greece received 5.5 billion euros from the IMF as part of the international aid to help the country overcome its financial crisis. The money will be used to repay part of the country’s huge debt. In other news, Greece’s two main …

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• 14 May

  EC urges BiH to pass census law

  The European Commission (EC) is pressing BiH to approve a law on holding a population census across both entities. The head of the EC delegation to BiH, Dimitris Kourkoulas, said on Wednesday (May 12th) that Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele and Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn have sent a …

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• 14 May

  Romania, US hold missile shield discussions

  The foreign ministry announced on Wednesday (May 12th) that Romania and the United States held a round of technical talks Tuesday on Bucharest’s inclusion in the proposed US missile defence shield for Europe. The Supreme Defence Council decided in February that Romania should join the shield project and host components …

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• 13 May

  Turkey pushes UN to set timeline for Cyprus talks

  Talk of a timeline for Cypriot reunification from the United Nations’ secretary-general would represent an important success in the peace process, according to a Turkish diplomat. Mentioning – even indirectly – a timeline for the completion of the talks by [U.N. Secretary-General] Mr. Ban Ki-moon in his to-be-released Goodwill Mission …

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