April, 2010

• 13 April

  Albania Submits Completed EU Questionnaire

  Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced on Tuesday that the government had filed the EU questionnaire on the country’s readiness to join the bloc. “We hope to receive an objective evaluation from those who review it,” Berisha said during a cabinet meeting.

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• 13 April

  Armenian Ambassador, Romanian President discuss prospects of Armenian-Romanian relations

  Armenian Ambassador to Romania Hamlet Gasparyan handed his credentials to Romanian President Traian Basescu. After the official ceremony, the Ambassador and President discussed the current state of Armenian-Romanian relations and prospects of their development. Traian Basescu noted that the Romanian authorities will facilitate the Ambassador’s mission in every possible way. …

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• 13 April

  Frattini: BiH meet benchmarks for lifting visa requirements

  Bosnia and Herzegovina has meet benchmarks for lifting visa requirements, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said. FM Frattini made the remarks, following the meeting with

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• 13 April

  Serbian, Croatian leaders to meet on Friday

  Croatian President Ivo Josipović will meet with representatives of the Croat community in Bački Monoštor, northern Serbia, on Friday. Josipović would be accompanied by Serbian President Boris Tadić.

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• 13 April

  Karadzic Trial Resumes Today at the ICTY

  The Hague Tribunal prosecutors will today begin presenting evidence in the trial of former Republic of Srpska (RS) President Radovan Karadžić. Since the court has rejected the defendant’s multiple attempts to postpone the continuation of the trial, in case he refused to appear in the courtroom today, he would be …

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• 13 April

  Vatican on Kosovo

  The Vatican has not recognized Kosovo out of consideration for the Serbian Orthodox Church, Cardinal Walter Casper was quoted as saying. “We, naturally, know that Kosovo is a heavy wound and pain for the SPC. We know that Kosovo is the cradle and center of Serb orthodoxy. We understand that …

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• 13 April

  Romania, Georgia, Azerbaijan Sign LNG Transit MoU

  Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan Tuesday signed a deal in Bucharest for gas transport through the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania-Interconnection project, known as Agri, which might be completed sooner than Nabucco, Romania’s Economy Minister Adriean Videanu said. The memorandum of understanding was signed by Videanu, the Azeri minister of industry and energy, Natig Aliyev, …

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• 13 April

  Armenian and Turkish leaders push for closer ties

  Taking advantage of both being in Washington for the nuclear summit, the leaders of Armenia and Turkey have met to try and breath new life into efforts to improve ties. The get together between President Serzh Sarksyan and Turkey’s Prime Minister Reccep Tayyip Erdogan follows months of little progress since …

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• 13 April

  Georgian official: It is time for Council of Europe to protect its own prestige

  Georgian Parliamentary Speaker David Bakradze believes the time has come to the Council of Europe (CE) to protect its own prestige and to force Russia to fulfill the CE resolution. Bakradze said at his meeting with PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteur Matias Yorsh.

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• 13 April

  Kosovo: LDK Leads in Istog Mayoral Vote

  According to preliminary results released by the Central Election Commission, CEC, the mayoral candidate from the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, Haki Rugova, won 48.7 per cent of the vote in the Istog/Istok mayoral elections held on Sunday, April 11.

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