April, 2010

• 12 April

  Jerzy Buzek, Presedintele Parlamentului European, si-a anulat vizita in Romania

  Jerzy Buzek, presedintele Parlamentului European, si-a anulat vizita in Romania, ca urmare a tragicului accident in care presedintele Poloniei si o buna parte a conducerii acestei tari si-au pierdut viata. “Va informam cu regret ca, in urma tragicei catastrofe aeriene in care si-au pierdut viata Presedintele Poloniei Lech Kaczyński, sotia …

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• 12 April

  CoE Secretary General: Name issue should not overshadow Macedonia’s CE presidency

  The name issue should not overshadow Macedonia’s forthcoming presidency of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, the Council of Europe Secretary General said.

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• 12 April

  Serbs boycott vote in Kosovo municipality

  Early mayoral elections were held in the municipality of Istok in Kosovo on Sunday. Several minor incidents at polling stations were reported during the voting. The elections went without any major problems, but several political parties and the NGO coalition “Democracy in Action” stated that there were incidents reported.

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• 12 April

  Austrian federal minister of European and International Affairs: Austria wants Moldova` s rapprochement to EU

  “In a short period of time, a lot of progress has been noticed in Moldova, especially in reforming field. This tendency is highly appreciated in Europe. Austria intends to intensively cooperate with Moldova, so that your country gets much closer to European Union”. This statement has been made today by …

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• 12 April

  Romania, Moldova to sign agreement on border co-operation

  Romania and Moldova will sign an agreement on border status and bilateral co-operation on border issues, the chairman of the Foreign Policy and European Integration Commission at the Moldovan Parliament Igor Korman announced. In his words the ministries of foreign affairs of the two countries work on the document, which …

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• 12 April

  Spain Agrees to Extradite War Crimes Suspect

  The Spanish government has decided to extradite suspected war criminal Veselin Vlahovic, who is wanted by Bosnia, Serbia, and Montenegro for a variety of crimes, but Spanish authorities did not indicate to which country Vlahovic will be extradited.

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• 12 April

  Tadic, Josipovic Discuss Solution to Genocide Suits

  Serbian President Boris Tadic said that Serbia and Croatia have talked about finding a solution that could allow an out-of-court settlement and trials before regular courts to replace the genocide lawsuits the two countries have filed against one another at the International Court of Justice, ICJ.

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• 12 April

  Montengro ‘Could Be EU Candidate by Year’s End’

  Charles Tannock, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on Montenegro, has said that the European Commission will likely complete its report on Montenegro’s readiness to become an EU candidate by the fall, which could allow the country to obtain EU candidate status by the end of this year.

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• 12 April

  Steinberg: Kosovo and Serbia Should Discuss Pragmatic Issues

  On the last stop of his Balkans tour, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg visited Kosovo and met with President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci. Steinberg praised the Kosovo government for the most recent municipal elections, claiming that such elections signal the building of an inclusive …

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• 12 April

  Papandreou: Greece may use aid package

  Prime Minister George Papandreou said that Greece may have to use a proposed EU-IMF financial aid package. On last Sunday, Papandreou said resorting to the mechanism is not his country’s ” first option ” , but it may be needed. ” The question remains whether this mechanism will convince markets …

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