May, 2010

• 27 May

  Slovenia supports Serbia’s bid to join EU

  The Prime Ministers of Serbia and Slovenia, Mirko Cvetkovic and Borut Pahor, on Wednesday expressed their desire to deal with unresolved issues from their shared past and to focus on the shared future of EU membership for the west Balkan region.

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• 27 May

  EU ministers coming to Sarajevo

  EU foreign ministers, as well as senior officials from the EU, U.S. and Russia will be attending the EU-Western Balkans conference on June 2 in Sarajevo. The information was confirmed by the Bosnia-Herzegovina Foreign Ministry.

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• 27 May

  EU foreign policy chief, NATO Secretary-General discuss BiH, Turkey

  NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday (May 25th) to discuss the situations in Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). “All … shared the view that BiH’s future lies in Euro-Atlantic structures,” Rasmussen told reporters after the meeting.

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• 27 May

  OSCE, EU urge Albanian parties to resolve differences in parliament

  A day after the opposition Socialist Party (SP) returned to parliament, OSCE and EC ambassadors reiterated on Tuesday (May 25th) that lawmakers should take advantage of this development to hold debates, rather than “insult each other”, OSCE Ambassador Robert Bosch said.

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• 26 May

  Serbian, Slovenian PMs meet in Ljubljana

  Serbian and Slovenian Prime Ministers Mirko Cvetković and Borut Pahor said that relations between the two countries were good. “Relations are friendly, political cooperation has intensified, and the economic relations of the two countries are progressing despite the crisis,” Pahor said.

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• 26 May

  U.S. Vice President expresses US support for Croatia’s EU bid

  Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor met with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden yesterday during an official visit to Washington D.C. Kosor called her visit “the most important day of my political career”. She did not meet with

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• 26 May

  Cyprus reunification talks resume

  The leaders of Turkish and Greek communities in Cyprus on Wednesday resumed the talks on reunification of the island following a two-month pause. This is the first meeting of the newly elected Turkish Cypriot President Dervis Eroglu and the Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias.

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• 26 May

  Seful Radei Supreme: Ucraina nu poate fi independenta daca nu are relatii bune cu Rusia

  Ucraina nu poate fi un stat independent daca nu are relatii bune cu Rusia, considera presedintele Radei Supreme din Ucraina, Vladimir Litvin. Declaratia a fost facuta miercuri, in cadrul unei intalniri cu sefii unitatilor administrative ale tarii, cand Litvin a afirmat: “Ca stat independent, Ucraina va putea exista doar daca …

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• 26 May

  Romania to Move Forward with Spending Cuts

  Romania’s government is set to enforce drastic cuts in pensions and wages in its state sector as of June, but the measures will not affect those in real need, the country’s Prime Minister Emil Boc said on Wednesday.

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• 26 May

  Belgrade and Zagreb wanted to divide BiH, according to Ratko Mladic diaries

  The Prosecutor’s Office of the war crimes tribunal in The Hague has revealed new excerpts from general Ratko Mladic’s war-time diaries. They make it evident that the Bosnian Serbs and Croats, with the help of the authorities

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