October, 2011

• 24 October

  No progress after Serb leaders from Northern Kosovo meeting with Serbian President

  There was no “significant progress” in the meeting with Serbian President Boris Tadić late on Sunday, said leaders of Serb municipalities from northern Kosovo. After the meeting in Belgrade, they stated that they received assurance that agreement on the deployment of Kosovo Albanian

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• 24 October

  Georgia relations with Azerbaijan very important, says Georgian FM

  Georgia attaches great importance to its relations with Azerbaijan and the high-level meetings allow to resolve issues of bilateral relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said at a traditional briefing on Monday. Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze is expected to pay an official visit to Baku on Oct.26-27.

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• 24 October

  Armenian President visits Russia

  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who is on an official visit to Russia on October 23-25, will meet on Monday with President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the development of bilateral cooperation. “Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan are expected to discuss a broad variety of key issues in the bilateral cooperation, perspectives …

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• 24 October

  Bosnia, Uzbekistan boost bilateral relations

  Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Uzbekistan with a residence in Moscow Zeljko Janjetovic handed over credentials addressed to Uzbek President Islam Karimov to the Foreign Ministry, the ministry reported. During the meeting at the ministry, the sides discussed the Uzbek-Bosnian

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• 24 October

  Bulgaria and Romania will join Schengen by July 2012, says Bulgarian PM

  In March 2012, the sea and air borders of Bulgaria and Romania should be included in the passport-free Schengen area and their land borders are expected to follow in July, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said. He was speaking during his visit to Brussels, where he attended the European Council …

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• 21 October

  KFOR expects new talks with Kosovan Serbs on Saturday

  KFOR commander general Erhard Drevs has said a new meeting with representatives of Kosovan Serbs might take place on Saturday. Meanwhile, ethnic Serbs are reinforcing the barricades close to the village of Zupce.

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• 21 October

  Macedonian-Greek border is open again

  The checkpoints on the Macedonian-Greek border are open again. The checkpoints were closed due to Greek customs officers’ strike, which ended on Friday morning. Busy traffic is expected at all checkpoints.

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• 21 October

  Macedonia pledges to achieve EU objective

  Macedonia is prepared to achieve its strategic objective and fulfilling the tasks assigned. That’s why it expects European conduct from the EU, said Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov. “We have experienced many things in the past 20 years and we are prepared to achieve its strategic objective,” said Ivanov.

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• 21 October

  Albania and Kosovo will unify consular services

  Albania’s government has ratified an agreement which unifies consular services and practices with Kosovo and halves costs for both countries. “Albanians should feel the same in Tirana and Pristina,” Prime Minister Sali Berisha during a cabinet meeting yesterday. He added that similar practices should be followed in other areas like …

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• 21 October

  Romanian hopes for Schengen decision on October 23

  Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has vowed to closely monitor the European Council summit on Sunday 23 October, adding that he expects a vote to be held on Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen bids. On Thursday Boc acknowledged that both countries were facing certain political obstacles to their Schengen entry but …

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