January, 2010

• 27 January

  Macedonia, Greece Meeting Confirmed

  Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas confirmed that he will meet his Macedonia counterpart Antonio Milososki later on Wednesday at the sidelines of the international conference on Afghanistan being held in London. This meeting was announced in the latest press release by the Greek Foreign Ministry issued late Tuesday.

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• 27 January

  Inzko Calls on EU to Maintain Focus on Bosnia

  Negative political trends in Bosnia must be taken very seriously and require the urgent attention of the European Union, the international community’s High Representative to Bosnia Valentin Inzko said. “In the last four years Bosnia has been in a political stalemate…not a single new reform has been adopted that would …

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• 26 January

  Poštovati odluke visokog predstavnika

  BRISEL, SARAJEVO, BANJALUKA Ministri vanjskih poslova EU upozorili su političke predstavnike u BiH da ne osporavaju autoritet visokog predstavnika međunarodne zajednice za BiH te da provode njegove odluke. Vijeće EU na istoj je sjednici odlučilo da produži mandat svoje vojne misije u BiH. “EU podvlači svoju potpuno opredijeljenost teritorijalnom integritetu …

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• 26 January

  Croatia reacts to Tadić’s UNSC speech

  Croatia wrote a letter to the UN Security Council stating that Serbian President Boris Tadić’s address regarding this country was “unfounded.” Croatia believes that Tadić “used the Kosovo debate” to make an “unfounded response” to outgoing Croat President Stjepan Mesić’s statements that he would intervene militarily against Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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• 26 January

  Spanish envoy on EU application, Kosovo

  Spanish ambassador Inigo de Palacio Espana said that there is no confirmed date for forwarding Serbia’s candidacy application to the EUCouncil of Ministers. “The EU-Serbia meeting will include political dialogue, not a formal meeting and it is hard to say whether there will be a conclusion reached for the date …

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• 26 January

  EP discusses Croatia’s progress

  European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee will discuss the draft-resolution regarding Croatia’s progress towards EU on Tuesday. The Committee is due to discuss the 50 amendments submitted by the EP rapporteur for Hannes Swoboda. The committee members will vote on Wednesday. Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will address the Committee, before the …

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• 26 January

  Tadic: Serbs cannot be a minority in Montenegro

  “It is unnatural and historically groundless Serbian people to be a national minority in Montenegro”, Serbian President Boris Tadic said. Tadic criticized the establishment of the Serbian Council in Montenegro, adding that Serbia can’t support that decision. Serbian President pointed out that it is complicated to make a clear difference …

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• 26 January

  Macedonian FM Milososki kicks-off his two-day visit to Slovenia

  Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki will visit Slovenia on Tuesday, following the invitation by his Slovenian counterpart Samuel Zbogar. Apart from meeting Zbogar, the Macedonian official will also meet the chair of the parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee Janja Klasinc. The ministers are expected to discuss on strengthening bilateral relations between …

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• 26 January

  Greek PM: Resolution of name issue is FYROM’s ticket to EU accession

  The resolution of the name dispute is the ticket of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to EU accession, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said. He has attended the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Papandreou has met the newly elected President of PACE Movlud Cavushoglu. …

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• 26 January

  Serbia Wants to Turn New Page with Montenegro

  Serbia is ready to turn a new page in its relations with Montenegro, after relations between the two countries worsened following Podgorica’s decision to establish diplomatic links with Kosovo. In an interview with Podgorica daily Dan on Tuesday, Serbian President Boris Tadic said that relations between Serbia and Montenegro are …

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