June, 2010

• 21 June

  Moldova’s Russians want Russian language status up for referendum

  Eighteen nongovernmental organizations defending the rights of ethnic minorities in Moldova have announced their support for the proposal of the Ravnopravie (“Equity”) party. Ravnopravie suggested that, besides the way of electing the president, two more questions should be asked

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• 21 June

  Bulgaria facilitates visa regime for Moldovans

  The period for issuing a visa for Moldovan organized tourists is reduced to 10 days. This is presumed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria regarding the facilitation of the visa regime for Moldova’s citizens. According to the message of the Bulgarian Embassy to Moldova, some categories of citizens …

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• 21 June

  PACE session to have Kosovo debate

  The summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) begins in Strasbourg on Monday, and will include a debate on Kosovo. The session, which will be closed on June 25, will also be attended by the permanent delegation of the Serbian parliament, headed by Dragoljub Mićunović.

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• 21 June

  Czech President in visit to Macedonia

  Czech President Vaclav Klaus started his 2-day official visit to Macedonia. Czech President Klaus is scheduled to meet his Macedonian counterpart president Gjorgje Ivanov.

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• 21 June

  Russian Foreign Minister: Medvedev to visit to Cyprus in autumn 2010

  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay the first in history of bilateral relations visit to Cyprus in autumn 2010, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

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• 21 June

  Rumunija podržava regionalnu saradnju

  SARAJEVO Rumunija, kao članica EU, podržava politiku BiH u normalizaciji odnosa sa susjedima, posebice sa Srbijom. Izjavio je ovo u petak Teodor Baconschi, ministar vanjskih poslova Rumunije, nakon sastanka sa šefom bh. diplomatije Svenom Alkalajem. On je istakao da normalizacija odnosa BiH i Srbije doprinosi stabilizaciji i poboljšanju situacije u …

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• 21 June

  Slovenia puts up another hurdle on Croatia’s road to EU

  Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar said on Friday (June 18th) that Croatia will not be able to wrap up its EU accession talks unless it opens its financial market to

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• 21 June

  Macedonia may join Russia’s South Stream pipeline

  Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov said after meeting his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in St Petersburg on Friday (June 18th) that energy giant Gazprom has agreed to include Macedonia in the South Stream

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• 21 June

  AI wants Kosovo to investigate Kurti’s arrest

  Human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) urged Kosovo authorities on Friday (June 18th) to look into claims of “excessive use of force” at the arrest of leader of the Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) movement Albin Kurti. Kurti was detained on June 12th but was released two days later. On Friday, AI said …

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• 18 June

  Turkey, Greece, Italy signed a memorandum of understanding for natural gas pipeline

  Turkey, Italy and Greece on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a natural gas pipeline that will carry natural gas from the Caspian region to Europe. Under a statement issued by Turkey’s Ministry of Energy

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