March, 2012

• 1 March

  Estonia could shut down embassy in Bulgaria

  Estonia’s government will start discussions on whether the country should close its embassy in Bulgaria. The Estonian embassy in Sofia could be closed at the end of 2012. Estonia has reportedly analyzed the work of its diplomatic missions abroad, deciding to move its Ambassadors to several Balkan states to Tallinn.

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• 1 March

  The Netherlands still against Romania, Bulgaria’s Schengen accession

  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that the Netherlands will oppose Romania and Bulgaria’s entry into the Schengen zone until they implement reforms. A decision requires unanimity among member nations of the Schengen visa-free travel zone.

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• 1 March

  Bulgaria OKs EU fiscal agreement

  Bulgaria’s Cabinet has given a green light to the country’s accession to the draft EU Treaty on Stability, Coordination, and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union. Thus, Bulgaria will be one of the 25 EU member states to join the so called EU fiscal pact, with the UK and …

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• 1 March

  EU urges Skopje to make spy dossiers available

  European Parliament report is likely to recommend making dossiers of former police informants available to the public – a move the authorities are already considering. The draft European Parliament Report on Macedonia, set

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• 1 March

  Dragan Obrenovic released earlier for ‘extraordinary collaboration’

  The Hague Tribunal has approved the early release of Dragan Obrenovic, who has served 10 out of a total of 17 years in prison for war crimes in Srebrenica. Patrick Robinson, then President

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February, 2012

• 29 February

  US ambassador to Skopje says name must be solved before joining NATO

  “The US position about Macedonia’s NATO membership remains unchanged. We want to see the country become a member of the Alliance but it has to solve the name issue,” said US Ambassador to Skopje Paul Wohlers. In Wohlers’ words, the US would not raise the initiative for Macedonia’s membership at …

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• 29 February

  Serbian nationaists gather 200,000 signatures against EU integration

  The Serbian Radical Party has announced that it will struggle with all means against Serbia’s EU bid. On Wednesday the party submitted a petition of about 200,000 signatures against

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• 29 February

  Serbia stressed it won’t accept impossible demands

  Serbian President Boris Tadić said Tuesday night that the EU accession was a complex process during which every EU member state could impose its own condition. He stressed, however, that Serbia would not agree to

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• 29 February

  Decision on Serbia’s EU candidate status to be taken on March 1-2

  After EU ministers’ recommendation to grant Serbia the candidate status, the final decision will be made by EU heads of state and prime ministers on March 1-2, After a several-hour long meeting, the EU member

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• 29 February

  Georgia to scrap visas for Russian citizens

  Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has said on Wednesday that he wants to scrap visa requirements for Russians. “Let every Russian citizen know that they can come to Georgia without a visa, do business here, spend holidays in our resorts, see their friends and relatives,” he said. Bilateral visa restrictions were …

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