November, 2010

• 8 November

  Bucureşti, “capitala” Regiunii Dunării

  Delegaţii din 14 state riverane Dunării – Austria, Bosnia Herţegovina, Bulgaria, Republica Cehă, Croaţia, Germania, Muntenegru, Republica Moldova, România, Serbia, Slovacia, Slovenia, Ucraina, Ungaria -, precum şi reprezentanţi ai landurilor riverane din Austria şi Germania şi ai instituţiilor europene s-au reunit, luni, la Palatul Parlamentului unde se desfăşoară Summitul Dunării. …

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• 8 November

  EU abolishes visas for Albania and Bosnia

  European Union interior ministers on Monday agreed to scrap visas for citizens of Albania and Bosnia, allowing them to travel as tourists to most EU countries from mid December. The decision was taken at a meeting in Brussels today and comes as a relief to the

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• 8 November

  Romania, Bulgaria to ask EP support for Schengen area accession, says Bulgarian PM

  Romania and Bulgaria will ask the European Parliament for support in joining the Schengen Area, as agreed with Romanian President Traian Basescu in the European People’s Party summit, said Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov during a meeting Monday with his Romanian counterpart, Emil Boc.

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• 8 November

  Bulgarian PM: Serbia, Croatia should decide on Belene NPP participation by the end of the week

  Serbia and Croatia should officially decide whether they will take part in the Belene NPP project by the end of the week, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said in Bucharest, BNR reports. Borisov added that Bulgaria should decide on the quotas allocation of the construction works until the visit of …

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• 8 November

  The United States is seeking to return the OSCE monitoring mission to Georgia

  The United States seeks the return of international organizations to Georgia and calls for the non-recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip H. Gordon said.

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• 8 November

  Greek prime minister drops threat of early election

  Greece’s prime minister has dropped his threat to call a snap general election, after his Socialist party avoided a heavy defeat in crucial regional polls. George Papandreou said Greeks had shown they wanted his government to press ahead with its austerity programme.

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• 8 November

  EU to lift visa requirements for Albania, Bosnia

  EU interior ministers are expected to lift visa requirements for Albanian and Bosnian citizens during their two-day meeting here, Monday and Tuesday. According to EU sources, the decision will be applied before Christmas. Holders of biometric passports from the two Balkan countries can stay up to three months in any …

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• 8 November

  Former Bosnian Serb prime minister acquitted of war crimes

  Former Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Gojko Klickovic was acquitted on Friday (November 5th) of charges of crimes against humanity committed in 1992 in Bosanska Krupa. Two fellow former Bosnian Serb officials — Mladen Drljaca and Jovan Ostojic — were also declared not guilty due to lack of evidence. The three …

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• 8 November

  Montenegro’s Djukanovic called to appear at war crimes trial

  Montenegro: Attorneys for nine people charged with deporting Bosniak civilians from Montenegro in 1992 asked on Friday (November 5th) to call Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic and Deputy Prime Minister Svetozar Marovic as witnesses. At the time, Marovic was a

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• 8 November

  Croatia closes three more EU negotiation chapters

  Croatia closed three more negotiation chapters in the EU accession process on Friday (November 5th), for a total of 25 out of 35. At an intergovernmental conference in Brussels, Zagreb closed the free movement of capital, transport policy and institutions chapters. The institutions chapter regulates Croatia’s representation in EU institutions. …

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