January, 2011

• 14 January

  Cypriot leaders met for reunification talks

  Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu met on Wednesday (January 12th) to discuss governance and power-sharing as part of ongoing talks to reunify the island. “Both sides put

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• 14 January

  Spain supports Serbia’s EU path

  Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez assured visiting Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic of Spain’s support for Serbia’s EU bid after their meeting in Madrid. Two countries will continue to co-operate on all issues related to peace and stability in the Western Balkans and the EU integration process. Jimenez voiced support for …

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• 13 January

  Armenia to boycott PACE discussions on Karabakh

  Armenia will boycott renewed discussions on the Nagorny Karabakh conflict at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE). The talks have been championed by PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu, who intends to revive a PACE

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• 13 January

  Bulgarian Defense Minister visits Turkey

  Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul has met his Bulgarian counterpart Anyu Angelov in Ankara. Before meeting his Bulgarian counterpart Gonul said that after Bulgaria’s NATO accession

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• 13 January

  EU to lend 46 million euros in budget aid to Georgia

  The European Union should lend Georgia 46 million euros over the next two years to help keep its government solvent, the bloc’s executive said Thursday. The EU first granted financial support in 2009. 

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• 13 January

  Czech FM: talks between Belgrade and Priština would benefit the entire region

  Czech FM Karel Schwarzenberg said that talks between Belgrade and Priština “would benefit the citizens of Serbia and Kosovo”, as well as the entire region. The dialogue should resolve technical issues, which would benefit everyone, so that gradual progress could be achieved in “bilateral relations”, Schwarzenberg said recently. Asked about …

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• 13 January

  EU anti-fraud commissioner to visit Romania and Bulgaria

  EU Commissioner for Taxation, Customs, Anti-fraud and Audit, Algridas Semeta will visit Romania and Bulgaria on 13 and 14 January 2011 respectively. The main objective during his visits will be to discuss the measures fraud and irregularities in EU funds, and to see where the Commission can provide further guidance …

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• 13 January

  Serbian Justice Minister met Croatian counterpart regarding war crimes

  Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic and her Croatian counterpart Drazen Bosnjakovic met on Wednesday in Zagreb. The meeting focused on resuming dialogue and solving outstanding issues regarding war crimes.

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• 13 January

  ICG report says EU should involve in BiH’s situation

  The latest International Crisis Group report  released on Tuesday states that EU should take the leading role in BiH this year, allowing the Office of the High Representative to withdraw from domestic politics and focus on reviewing past decisions. 

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• 13 January

  New RS government appointment moves to Constitutional Court

  A joint committee of the Republika Srpska (RS) parliament and the Council of Peoples on Tuesday (January 11th) failed to reach a compromise over a decision by the Bosniak caucus to block the appointment of the

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