April, 2011

• 12 April

  Bulgarian President sends election date stalemate to MPs

  The date of Bulgaria’s presidential and local elections will be decided through dialogue between MPs, President Georgi Parvanov announced on Tuesday. Parvanov spoke after holding consultations with the main political parties on the appointment of members of the Central Electoral Commission, CEC.

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• 12 April

  Herman Van Rompuy says Greece must continue reforms

  The EU’s top official on Tuesday called on Greece to keep up the “courageous” overhaul of its ailing economy, the source of widespread protests, in order to “preserve” the country’s future.

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• 12 April

  PACE to send observers to monitor Macedonia’s elections

  The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has decided to send observers to monitor the early elections in Macedonia. According to PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu the organization decided to send observers although no official invitation had been received.

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• 12 April

  Moldova made progress towards EU path

  The sixth round of talks on the Association Agreement between Moldova and the European Union took place in Chisinau. The members of the European delegation said the Moldovan state made significant progress in a number of areas.

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• 12 April

  Georgia expects the EU to resolve conflicts in the former Soviet space

  Georgia expects the European Union to develop new plans to resolve conflicts in the former Soviet space, including in Georgia, the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said. She said that the new proposals will make

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• 12 April

  Turkey’s FM discuss about Libya and Middle East in Egypt

  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with his Egyptian counterpart Nabil el-Araby and Prime Minister Isam Sharaf in Cairo on Sunday (April 10th) to discuss the situation in

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• 12 April

  Serge Brammertz visited BiH

  UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz visited Sarajevo on Monday (April 11th) for talks with BiH Presidency Chairman Nebojsa Radmanovic and BiH presidency member Bakir Izetbegovic. The visit preceded Brammertz’s report on co-operation by former Yugoslav countries that he is due to submit to the UN Security Council …

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• 11 April

  EP to Vote on Bulgaria Schengen Entry on June 4

  The European Parliament will vote a resolution on Bulgaria’s Schengen entry on June 4 2011, the EP rapporteur on the subject, Portuguese MEP Carlos Coelho, announced Monday in Brussels. “Bulgaria has covered the necessary technical criteria better than some of the states already in the Agreement,” Coelho said. He prepared …

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• 11 April

  Croatian President: the country could join the EU by January 2013

  Croatia’s president says the country could join the EU by January 2013, calling this an “ambitious, yet attainable goal”. “It’s very ambitious, because we are very close to concluding the negotiations. It takes a couple of months to prepare the treaties for signing, which will be followed by a possibly …

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• 11 April

  Trends in Balkan Organized Crime Activities

  written by: Ioannis Michaletos The perennial issue of the existence of strong organized crime structures in the Balkan region is of great concern for the whole of Europe, due to the importance of this region as a main geo-economic hub between the European Union, Turkey and the Middle East, and …

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