February, 2010

• 1 February

  Launch of interim trade deal between Serbia and EU

  The interim trade agreement between the European Union and Serbia officially comes into force on February 1st. The Chief of EU delegation in Serbia, Vincent Degert told the press in Belgrade that the economic significance of a full implementation of the Interim Agreement is that Serbia will be more attractive …

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• 1 February

  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon supports Cyprus unity talks

  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Cyprus on a mission to re-energise peace talks between the island’s estranged Greek and Turkish communities. Their leaders have been engaged in 17 months of open-ended negotiations which have achieved some movement on the key issue of power-sharing under a federal model, but …

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• 1 February

  Trial begins against Croatia’s Roncevic

  The trial against former Defence Minister Berislav Roncevic and his assistant, Ivo Bacic, began in a Zagreb court Friday (January 29th). The anti-corruption office, USKOK, charged them in late October with abuse of power over a 2004 procurement deal involving military trucks. Prosecutors say the contract cost the state millions …

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• 1 February

  Sweden’s Bildt says Western Balkans moving ahead with EU bids

  Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Saturday (January 30th) that Western Balkan countries have made significant progress and are moving fast along their road to EU integration.Bildt acknowledged some open issues in the region, but said the situation is nevertheless much better than in the last six months of …

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• 1 February

  Turkey’s Davutoglu says efforts to reconcile with Armenia might fail

  Efforts to improve ties between Turkey and Armenia and to open their common border might fail, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said after meeting with Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian on Friday (January 29th). Speaking to journalists in London on the sidelines of an international conference on Afghanistan, Davutoglu said that …

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• 1 February

  Glavas Could Soon Be Extradited to Croatia

  Persons who are convicted in Bosnia and Herzegovina will no longer be able to escape to neighbouring countries, and criminals who flee to Bosnia will not be able to dodge justice, according to an agreement adopted on Thursday. The agreement was adopted by the Bosnian tripartite Presidency on January 28 …

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January, 2010

• 31 January

  Džozef MekmilanČ Država mora biti u stanju da donosi odluke

  Ustavom BiH je precizirano da se odluka o ulasku BiH u NATO donosi na državnom, a ne na entitetskom nivou, istakao je Džozef Mekmilan, pomoćnik zamjenika ministra odbrane SAD, komentarišući mogućnost da se građani BiH na referendumu izjasne o ulasku zemlje u NATO. “Koliko mi je poznato, važeći ustav BiH …

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• 31 January

  Karadžić case to proceed March 1

  The trail of former Republic of Srpska president Radovan Karadžić will restart on March 1, according to presiding Judge O-Gon Kwon. The decision for continuing the process was also an answer to the verbal demand of Karadžić, who is defending himself, to postpone the trial again, claiming that he has …

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• 31 January

  EULEX: Progress in north only by dialogue

  The EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, today said that it “firmly believes that progress in the north of Kosovo can be made only by dialogue”. A statement from the mission’s press service further said that this could be achieved by involving all communities concerned, “and step by step”. The statement …

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• 31 January

  Top Russian Balkans official meets with Serb Radical Party

  Chief of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Balkan Sector, Aleksandr Alexeyev, met with Serb Radical Party (SRS) senior officials. They discussed bilateral relations between Serbia and Russia.

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