February, 2012

• 2 February

  Bulgarian remembers victims of communism

  Freedom and democracy must fought for and protected, said Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev at the Memorial for the Victims of Communism in Sofia. Wednesday Bulgaria is marking for the second time the official Day of Gratitude and Homage to the Victims of the Communist Regime.

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• 2 February

  Kosovo wants Salustro to testify in Limaj case

  Kosovo’s ruling party backs calls by Fatmir Limaj’s lawyers for EULEX prosecutor Maurizio Salustro to be stripped of immunity and made to testify. The ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, said the European Union Rule of Law Mission, EULEX, should

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• 1 February

  413 missing bodies from 1990 Bosnia war exhumed in 2011

  Bosnian forensic experts last year exhumed the remains of 413 people who went missing during the country’s 1990s war, bringing the total number of victims found to some 22,000.

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• 1 February

  Armenian DM, EU special Representative discuss Karabakh conflict and cooperation with EU

  On January 31 Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received the EU Special Representative for eh South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, Ambassador Philippe Lefort. Issues related to the settlement of the Karabakh conflict and cooperation with the European Union in the field of defense were discussed. The parties attached …

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• 1 February

  EU investments and grants for the Western Balkan countries (Talking points)

  The EU policies in favor of the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo) began to develop in 2000, when the European Union established for the first time exceptional unlimited duty-free access to the EU market for nearly all products originating in the Western …

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• 1 February

  Greece backs Serbia’s EU integration

  Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas says Athens is a proponent of Serbia’s EU accession and that slowing down of the process would be EU’s strategic mistake. “Greece has been a consistent and loyal proponent of Serbia’s EU accession and we believe

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• 1 February

  Croatian FM urges for bilateral cooperation with Serbia on lawsuits

  Croat FM Vesna Pusić said on Tuesday Serbia and Croatia could discuss withdrawals of genocide lawsuits if they first resolved whatever they could bilaterally. “That refers to stolen property, missing persons and war crimes cases,” she explained.

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• 1 February

  Romania could ask IMF for rising wages

  Romania’s ruling party plans to raise pensions and wages with a view to deflecting some of its current unpopularity with austerity-weary voters. Romania’s centre-right Liberal Democratic Party has mandated Prime Minister Emil

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• 1 February

  Bosnia Serbs ask for fresh Dobrovoljacka war crime investigation

  The interior ministry of the Serb entity sent a complaint to the State Prosecutor on Tuesday demanding it reconsider termination of the Dobrovoljacka war-crime probe. The letter follows the decision of an international prosecutor, Jude Romano, engaged

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• 1 February

  Kosovo wants full independence by end of 2012

  Kosovo’s parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the international community to permit full independence by the end of this year. Four years after seceding from Serbia, Kosovo’s parliament has adopted a resolution calling for an

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