October, 2011

• 28 October

  Macedonia to implement EC Recommendations

  Macedonia’s Parliament has made public its conclusions on the proposals outlined in the latest European Commission progress report. Late last night, the parliament acknowledged that the report reflected the real situation with regard to Macedonia’s achieved reforms, and obliged competent bodies to analyze recommendations made in the report to enable …

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• 27 October

  Greece PM says new era will start after EU deal

  Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Thursday hailed “a new era, a new chapter” for the debt-strapped nation after Europe’s leaders sealed a major deal to contain the eurozone debt crisis. The deal notably will cut 100 billion euros off Greece’s 350-billion-euro debt mountain thanks to an agreement between the …

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• 27 October

  Serbs partially remove barricades

  Northern Kosovo Serbs removed a part of the barricade on the Kosovska Mitrovica-Ribariće road in the village of Zupče on Thursday morning. The barricade is located on the road leading to the Brnjak administrative crossing.

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• 27 October

  Czech soldiers to withdraw from Kosovo by early November

  KFOR’s Czech soldiers will complete their 12 year-long engagement in Kosovo early in November, the Czech Defense Ministry released on Thursday. Ministry’s spokeswoman Jana Ruzickova said that 90 Czech soldiers who are currently part of KFOR contingent

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• 27 October

  Georgia accepts Swiss plan in WTO talks with Russia

  Georgia said Thursday it has accepted a Swiss proposal that could open the way for Russia to join the World Trade Organization. Russia needs to reach individual agreements with all 153 members of the WTO, and the lack of progress in negotiations with Georgia has been the last significant stumbling …

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• 27 October

  Pristina speaker: NATO Must Remove Barricades

  The speaker of parliament, Jakup Krasniqi, says it’s not up to the Kosovo government to remove Serb barricades in the north as that is the responsibility of international peacekeepers. A senior official in Kosovo says the government in Pristina expects NATO peacekeepers in KFOR to remove Serb roadblocks erected in …

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• 27 October

  Serbia, Croatia to Cooperate in Military Exercises

  Serbia and Croatia will begin conducting joint military exercises if an agreement is ratified by the countries’ two respective governments, Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic said today. Elaborating on the document before Serbian MPs, Malovic said today that the agreement opens possibilities for conducting joint military exercises.

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• 26 October

  Pristina plans to lift barricades in North Kosovo

  The Kosovan government plans to start an operation to lift barricades in North Kosovo, Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi said. According to him the government plans to kick off an operation, as the opposition Self-Determination has asked.

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• 26 October

  MEPs approved resolution for liberalisation of labor markets to Bulgaria and Romania

  The European Parliament approved Tuesday a resolution urging all EU Member States to allow Bulgarians and Romanians onto their labor markets by the end of 2011. In a press release, the EP informs that a draft resolution prepared by Romanian MEP from the European People’s Party (EPP) Traian Ungureanu, showing …

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• 26 October

  KFOR declined invitation to meet with Serbs in North Kosovo

  KFOR Commander Erhard Drews believes that the Wednesday meeting in Zvečan is unnecessary. Even though Kosovo Serbs have invited him, Drews will not appear at the meeting, said commander’s spokesperson on Tuesday evening.

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