December, 2009

• 18 December

  Tânără şi (tot) neliniştită

  „…organizaţiile românilor ucraineni şi autorităţile României aflate în spatele lor consideră Bucovina de Nord şi sudul Basarabiei teritorii anexate ilegal de la România” (Serghei Tighipko, prezidenţiabil ucrainean) Cine trece prin Kiev în această perioadă de campanie electorală prezidenţială va avea surpriza să vadă pe bulevardele principale ale capitalei afişul unui …

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• 17 December

  Ivanov meets with Papandreou

  Macedonian President Gjorgje Ivanov met briefly with Greek PM George Papandreou in Copenhagen on the sidelines of the Climate Change Summit. Ivanov said that the visa liberalization will bring to a better cooperation between the two countries. Macedonian President hopes that Greece will surpass the position of blockades.

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• 17 December

  Merkel: Macedonia and Iceland to start EU entry talks in 2010

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Macedonia and Iceland are expected to start accession negotiations with EU in 2010. The German Chancellor urged parliamentarians to discuss subjects, which are of great

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• 17 December

  Georgian Defence Ministry presents Security Concept

  The Georgian Defence Ministry has presented the National Security Concept and report about ongoing reforms in the defence field. During the three-day conference the Defence Ministry introduced its future action plans to state agencies representatives and NGO sector, local opposition parties, and representatives of diplomatic corps accredited to Georgia. NATO-Georgia …

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• 17 December

  Romania’s new government seeks stability, reform: PM-designate

  The priorities of the new Romanian government would be next year’s state budget, continuing reforms and ensuring stability, designated Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday. Boc vowed to work together with politicians, parliament and those who would govern the country to offer “stability and prosperity.”

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• 17 December

  Serbia to get USD 200 mln from Russia for its budget deficit

  Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic announced that negotiations with Russia over some USD 200 million credit needed for the budget deficit have been finalized.

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• 17 December

  IMF Increases Romania Growth Forecast

  The International Monetary Fund, IMF, on Thursday upped its economic growth forecast for the country for this year and next, and said Bucharest could receive its next loan tranche in February. At the same time, following its joint mission to the country earlier this week with the IMF, the European …

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• 17 December

  Three K. Serbs released from custody

  The District Court in Priština released three Serbs from the municipality of Novo Brdo from custody on Wednesday. Slobodan and Srećko Martinović and Svetlana Stojanović were arrested on September 24 and accused of committing war crimes. The charges against them state that the three “from April 17 until April 22, …

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• 17 December

  Russian ambassador visits K. Mitrovica

  Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Aleksandr Konuzin was in Kosovo on Wednesday, in the northern, Serb-dominated part of the divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica. Beta news agency reports that he stated that the Russian Federation and Serbia had good political and economic cooperation, but that it was necessary to expand it …

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• 17 December

  Minister for Kosovo meets with local Serbs

  Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović was on Wednesday touring several villages in the province’s Kosovsko Pomoravlje district. As he met with the local Serbs, he said that those of them who participated in the recently held Kosovo Albanian government-organized local elections, which Belgrade rejected, “did not lose faith in Belgrade …

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