October, 2009

• 7 October

  Jeremić: Balkans must seize opportunity

  Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić says that the countries of the Western Balkans have not a second to waste now that the Irish have adopted the Lisbon Treaty. After meeting with a number of foreign ministers in Budapest, Jeremić said that a summit of the European Union and Western Balkan countries …

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• 7 October

  Vojvodina statute one step closer

  SERBIA The Parliamentary Legislative Committee says that the draft law on the transfer of Vojvodina’s authorities is ready. The bill, which is necessary for the Vojvodina statute to be enacted, will come before the government for adoption very soon. The Vojvodina statute was enacted by the provincial assembly and passed …

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• 7 October

  Vlad Filat: We will ensure greater local autonomy

  Filat said that the Government will implement a legal norm on regionalization resulting from Moldova’s commitments to the European organizations. Moldova’s Prime Minister promised the Bashkan of Gagauzia Mihail Formuzal that the Autonomous Territorial Unit will be offered autonomy in accordance with the law. At a meeting with district heads …

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• 7 October

  Presentation of 3rd report on EU-Macedonia Accession Partnership

  The third report that assesses the fulfillment of key priorities of the Accession Partnership between the European Union and Macedonia will be presented in Skopje on Wednesday. The report, drafted in the framework of the project Accession Watch related to the period July-September 2009. The project is implemented by Macedonian …

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• 7 October

  Albania’s Academy labels MANU theses incorrect

  Albanian Academy of Science has finally come up with its own stance on the newly-published Macedonian encyclopedia which triggered an avalanche of reactions in Albania.

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• 7 October

  Georgian president says ready to have dialogue with Russia

  Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Tuesday his country is ready to hold talks and cooperate with Russia and is unwilling to see a fresh military conflict.   The military attacks Georgia launched last August against Tskhinvali, capital of Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia, was legitimate, Saakashvili said. 

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• 7 October

  Bulgarian President to pay official visit to Cyprus

  Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov will pay an official visit to the Republic of Cyprus on October on October 9 and 10, 2009 on the invitation of the President Dimitris Christofias, Presidency press office informed. The Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov will be accompanied by his wife Zorka Parvanova.

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• 7 October

  Bulgaria- the only EU member state without strategy for cultural heritage: Atanas Semov

  Bulgaria is the only EU member state without strategy for cultural heritage but in the same time is the country with the biggest cultural heritage, said MP from Order, Law and Justice Atanas Semov during a discussion on the amendments to the Cultural Heritage Act.

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• 7 October

  EU-Western Balkans conference to take place on Dec. 9 in Brussels

  An EU-Western Balkans conference about the economic crisis, regional cooperation and EU membership perspective is to take place in Brussels on December 9. The conference has been recently suggested by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt. It will be unveiled by Bildt, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, European Enlargement Commissioner …

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• 7 October

  EULEX, Serbian MI to discuss technical cooperation agreement

  Representatives of the police at EULEX will discuss the principles for applying of the technical agreement on cooperation with representatives of the Serbian Ministry of Interior today in Belgrade, Serbian media inform. The technical agreement will make the regional cooperation in the fight against crime more efficient and will contribute …

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