February, 2010

• 3 February

  Georgian President to pay a visit to Romania in the spring

  Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will pay a visit to Romania in the spring, the spokesperson of the President Manana Manjgaladze announced. This has been announced after the spokesperson explained why the President will not attend the International Security Conference in Munich. The Georgian President has been invited January to attend …

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• 3 February

  Bulgarian MPs: “Nabucco agreement is a result of many governments’ work”

  We cannot miss saying that this is some long-awaited agreement. It is a result of the work of many governments since 2002 till now, MP Ramadan Atalay from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) party said, commenting on the ratification of the Nabucco Agreement.

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• 3 February

  Bulgarian parliament ratifies Nabucco Agreement

  Bulgarian MPs passed the draft bill for ratification of the Agreement among Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey on the construction of the Nabucco gas pipeline project. The draft bill on the ratification of the Nabucco Agreement has been passed with 156 votes.

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• 3 February

  Bosnian police arrest war crimes suspect

  Bosnian Police arrested on Monday (February 1st) a former Muslim commander suspected of committing war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. Zulfikar Alispago allegedly did not take appropriate measures to punish subordinates who committed war crimes in the village of Trusina, near Konjic, on …

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• 3 February

  Croatia’s Josipovic, Kosor discuss EU integration process

  Croatia’s President-elect Ivo Josipovic and Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor held their first official meeting Monday (February 1st), following Josipovic’s victory in the January 10th run-off election. They discussed the EU integration process, the economic crisis and ways to fight corruption while agreeing to meet the day after Josipovic’s February 18th …

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• 3 February

  Albanian PM says Albania has completed EU visa liberalisation questionnaire

  Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said that the questionnaire Brussels sent to Albania before it can be granted visa liberalisation has been completed. Experts from Brussels will visit Tirana in the coming weeks to evaluate the process.

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• 3 February

  Rasmussen says NATO supports all strategies for Kosovo integration

  NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that the Alliance supports all strategies that strengthen peace and security in Kosovo, including the integration of all communities into society. The strategy for the Serb-dominated north, which was drafted by the International Civilian Office (ICO) in support of Kosovo’s government, failed to get …

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• 3 February

  Barroso backs Greek measures to reduce budget deficit

  President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso expressed on Tuesday support for the measures Greece proposed to take to reduce its excessive budget deficit, but warned that there were still risks. “The envisaged correction of the deficit is feasible but subject to risks,” he told reporters one day before …

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• 2 February

  Boško Šiljegović: Pripadnici OS BiH već uputili 30 pritužbi

  Pripadnici Oružanih snaga (OS) BiH parlamentarnom vojnom povjereniku uputili su 30 pritužbi, a najveći broj odnosi se na proces činovanja, statusna pitanja i otpuštanja zbog godina starosti. Kazao je ovo Boško Šiljegović, parlamentarni vojni povjerenik BiH, koji je ovu funkciju preuzeo u septembru prošle godine. Šiljegović naglašava da do sada …

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• 2 February

  Moldovan Prime Minister Filat is optimistic after his visit in Kyiv

  Moldovan Prime Minister Filat is optimistic after his visit in Kyiv, where he met his Ukrainian opposite number Iulia Timoshenko. „The meeting with Iulia Timoshenko was highly productive and I’m sure it will boost our bilateral relationships” Filat stated.

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