October, 2011

• 21 October

  No results after Georgian-Russian WTO negotiations

  Russia and Georgia failed again to reach an agreement on Russia’s accession to the WTO at the next round of talks on Oct. 20, head of the Georgian delegation, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergi Kapanadze told Georgian journalists.

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• 20 October

  Moldova sets November 18 for presidential election

  Moldova has set November 18 as the date for a presidential election in a fresh bid to end a leadership crisis which has paralyzed reform in one of Europe’s poorest countries for more than two years.

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• 20 October

  Eight NATO soldiers injured in northern Kosovo

  Eight international peacekeepers were injured on Thursday during an operation to remove barricades set up by Serbs in northern Kosovo, the NATO-led Kosovo peacekeeping force (KFOR) said. “Eight KFOR soldiers were injured so far in the operation,” KFOR’s press office said in a statement. “They were injured by tear gas, …

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• 20 October

  KFOR removed blockade in North Kosovo

  KFOR started removing ethnic Serbs’ barricades in North Kosovo on Thursday morning. At 5:45 a.m. local time NATO headed to the barricades with armored carriers and started removing them. The peacekeeping troops called on Serbs to withdraw, saying they would use force. The Serbs refused to leave the site and …

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• 20 October

  Romanian Government approves US missile defense system

  Romania’s government has approved a draft law allowing the stationing of elements of the US and NATO missile defense system in Europe at a Romanian air base. The legislation in question permits the building of an anti-ballistic interceptor site at the Deveselu Air Base located in Southwestern Romania, less than …

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• 20 October

  Serbian President called on Kosovo Serb leaders to act in citizens interest

  He also called on northern Kosovo Serb leaders to make decisions that are in citizens’ best interest. “I demand from KFOR and EULEX to restrain themselves from the use of force and from local leaders to make decisions that are exclusively in the vital interest of our people in Kosovo …

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• 20 October

  Customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will expand to include Montenegro and Serbia

  Russian Minister for Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu says the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will expand to include Montenegro and Serbia. The two are the only states in the region which Moscow has free trade agreements with, the minister said in Podgorica on Wednesday. “This will be an …

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• 20 October

  Russia and Georgia will hold another round of WTO negotiations in Geneva

  Representatives of Georgia and Russia will hold another round of negotiations under the mediation of Switzerland on Russia’s accession into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva on Thursday, Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergi Kapanadze said.

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• 20 October

  OSCE South Caucasus Freedom of the Media conference kicks off in Georgia

  The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will kick off the 8th OSCE South Caucasus media conference in Tbilisi Marriott Hotel that will bring together over 70 journalists, representatives of non-governmental media organizations and officials from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The participants of the 2-day event will …

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• 19 October

  Georgia does not intend to join new Eurasian common customs space, says the FM

  Georgia does not intend to join the new Eurasian alliance and common customs space created by the CIS countries, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said at a press conference after his meeting with Estonian counterpart Urmas Paet in Tbilisi on Wednesday.

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