November, 2010

• 27 November

  Moldova votes in new poll to end crisis

  Moldova votes on Sunday in its third parliamentary polls in one and a half years, seeking to end a political crisis that risks ruining hopes of prosperity and EU integration. Moldova has been without a full-time president for a year as the liberal coalition which ruled the ex-Soviet state since

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• 26 November

  Slovenia says it’s not blocking Croatia’s EU path

  Slovenia has denied claims seen in Croatian media that it is blocking Croatia’s efforts to enter the EU. Instead, official Ljubaljana said, they were only protecting their own interests. Milan Balažic, the spokesperson to the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Slovenia only wished to protect, within

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• 26 November

  NATO interested in resolution of S.Caucasus conflicts

  NATO is interested in the resolution of conflicts in the South Caucasus region, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons said at the discussions held with the Azerbaijani, Georgian and Armenian public members at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

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• 26 November

  UN chief urges Cypriot leaders to make real headway soon

  The United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon has once more expressed his disappointment at the “frustratingly slow” pace of Cyprus peace talks and urged Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders to make real progress by early next year. The UN chief pointed out in a progress report released on Thursday that …

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• 26 November

  Bulgaria and Montenegro signed a deal on classified information

  Representatives of Montenegro and Bulgaria signed an agreement for the mutual protection and exchange of classified information at a meeting in Podgorica on Wednesday. The deal aims to secure the mutual protection of classified information, including measures for the protection of classified information, the transfer of these type of documents, …

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• 26 November

  Merkel urges Ankara to act on Cyprus ports dispute

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Turkey to open its ports and airports to traffic from European Union member Greek Cyprus, emphasizing that a dispute between the EU and candidate Turkey blocks Ankara’s path for membership.

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• 26 November

  Croatia is in final stage of EU accession talks

  EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said that Croatia is in the final stage of its EU integration process but urged more reforms to achieve the membership goal. After meeting President Ivo Josipovic on Thursday (November 25th) in Zagreb, Fuele pointed out that a lot has been done in the past …

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• 26 November

  Slovenian rapporteur for BiH visits Banja Luka

  Former Slovenian President Milan Kucan, who was recently appointed as Slovenia’s special rapporteur for BiH, met with Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik on Wednesday in Banja Luka to discuss the current political situation in BiH. Kucan said that his role would be to contact representatives of the three communities in …

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• 25 November

  Serbia aims to start negotiations for EU membership in 2011

  Serbia has interest Croatia to join the EU and in fact it is in the final stage of negotiations, and Serbia wants to initiate talks. That is what Serbian President Boris Tadic said during his visit to Croatia. According to Tadic, Serbia’s goal is to open negotiations with the EU …

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• 25 November

  Bulgaria Oks Macedonia’s EU Membership

  Bulgaria will not oppose any state’s aspirations to join EU, including Macedonia, according to the Balkan country’s Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov. “Bulgaria is in favor of Macedonia’s admission in EU. We will not, however, hear any

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