June, 2011

• 2 June

  Bosnian Serb MPs drop referendum

  The parliament in Bosnia’s predominantly Serb entity has formally dropped a plan to hold a controversial referendum on the state court. The National Assembly of Republika Srpska, RSNA, passed a decision to repeal the

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• 1 June

  Transnistrian parliamentarians in working visit to Russia

  A delegation of Transnistrian parliamentarians, led by chairman of the Transnistrian supreme soviet Anatoly Kaminsky, left for a working visit to Moscow on Tuesday that will last until the end of this week. The visit program includes discussions of cooperation development in the frameworks of bilateral inter-parliamentary and inter-party relations, …

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• 1 June

  Serbia seeks date for start of EU talks

  Serbian President Boris Tadić reiterated on Tuesday that Serbia was seeking and expected to be given a date for the start of accession talks with the European Union. “As far as our progress toward the EU is concerned, we are seeking and expecting a date for the start of talks …

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• 1 June

  Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary show interes on AGRI gas project

  At a ministerial meeting on the project of Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnecter (AGRI) in Bucharest representatives of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary expressed full support for AGRI, which envisages supply of the Caspian liquefied gas through the Black Sea coast of Georgia to Eastern Europe.

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• 1 June

  Mladic was extradited to Hague

  War crimes suspect Ratko Mladic will make his first appearance before the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague on Friday at 10am. Mladic was placed in an isolation cell at the Hague Tribunal’s detention unit on Tuesday night as he awaited medical exams before his initial appearance in front …

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• 1 June

  Hague prosecutors consider combining Karadzic, Mladic trials

  The Hague tribunal prosecutor’s office is mulling whether to combine the trial of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic with that of former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic, Frederick

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• 1 June

  Serbian Interior Minister Dacic says Serbia does not face suspension of visa free regime

  Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic attends a briefing Tuesday (May 31st) in Brussels for visa experts from missions of EU member states. On Monday, he met with EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom to

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May, 2011

• 31 May

  Turkey and Georgia took their visa-free travel one step further

  Turkey and Georgia took their visa-free travel policy a step further on Monday, initiating a passport-free travel regime under which their nationals will be able to visit each other’s country with national identity cards alone.

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• 31 May

  Moldova will not recognize Kosovo

  The Republic of Moldova has not recognized and is not going to recognize Kosovo as an independent country, Moldova’s Acting President and Speaker of Parliament Marian Lupu stated at the

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• 31 May

  Serbian President wants EU to do its part now

  Serbian President Boris Tadić says the Serbian authorities arrested Hague indictee Ratko Mladić the moment they discovered him. He said that the remaining Hague fugitive, Goran Hadžić, will soon be arrested “in the next few weeks, a month, the year ahead of us”.

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