May, 2010

• 5 May

  UN says progress in Cypriot reunification talks not lost

  Progress made in talks to reunify the divided island will not be lost, UN envoy Alexander Downer said on Monday (May 3rd) after his first meeting with newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu. According to Downer, Eroglu, who won the April 18th elections in the north, promised to continue …

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• 4 May

  Head of EU delegation to Serbia: More work for to be done for Serbia’s EU accession

  Head of EU delegation to Serbia Vincent Degert says the country made significant steps on the EU pathway in 2009. Speaking in Niš, southern Serbia, on Tuesday, he added that there is yet more work to be done for its EU accession. Degert pointed out that the decision on visa …

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• 4 May

  KFOR started two-day drills in the centre of Kosovo

  The international forces in Kosovo /KFOR/ and the Kosovo authorities started two-day drills in the central part of the country, an official statement released by KFOR in Pristina reads. The aim of the drill is to improve the alertness and efficiency of KFOR within the new structure. “KFOR holds regular …

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• 4 May

  Int’l organizations to observe elections in Georgia

  About 18 local and four international organizations will observe the elections to local authorities in Georgia May 30. These organizations have already submitted applications

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• 4 May

  Croatia: Justice minister appointed UN Secretary General assistant

  Croatian Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic was appointed assistant to UN Secretary General Bank Ki-Moon. Simonovic will be in charge of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay in New York.

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• 4 May

  Aid plan to Greece adopted in French lower house of parliament

  The National Assembly (lower house of parliament) of France has adopted the aid plan to Greece, which provided a loan of EUR 16.8 billion over three years, of which EUR 3.9 billion for the year 2010. The financial amending bill, presented by the French Budget Minister Francois Baroin, was adopted …

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• 4 May

  EU doesn’t like divisions, says envoy

  EU for northern Kosovo Michael Giffoni said that more EU presence is needed in the town of Kosovska Mitrovica. “A feeling of some kind of division is very evident in (Kosovska) Mitrovica, and that is something that the EU does not like. In this part

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• 4 May

  K. Albanians want faster EU integration

  Kosovo Albanian government’s foreign minister, Skender Hyseni, called on EU to avoid making the “essential mistake” of postponing Kosovo’s integration. He said that he believed that the European Union “will make an essential mistake if it postpones Kosovo’s integration process too much” adding that the process should be sped up.

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• 4 May

  Romanian ambassador: Country supports NATO-Azerbaijan dialogue

  Romania supports the Azerbaijan-NATO dialogue and as coordinator of the alliance in the country tries to “bring Azerbaijan to the North Atlantic alliance,” Romanian Ambassador to Azerbaijan and NATO representative in the country Nicolae Ureki said speaking at the conference “NATO’s role in ensuring stability and security in Europe and …

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• 4 May

  Bulgarian foreign minister meets with UN Secretary General

  Bulgaria finds itself in good position to balance the situation in the Balkans, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said at the meeting with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Maldenov, the press office of the Foreign Ministry announced.

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