October, 2009

• 31 October

  Serbia, IMF Agree on Budget

  An IMF delegation and the Serbian government have reached an agreement on Serbia’s state budget for next year. Broadcaster RTS reports that there will be no increase in VAT and that the projected budget deficit will be 4 per cent, half a per cent lower than for this year.

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• 31 October

  Serbia Awaits ICTY Report on Cooperation

  The chair of Serbia’s council for cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, Rasim Ljajic, does not know whether Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will say that Serbia is fully cooperating with the court. Brammertz will visit Serbia next Wednesday to discuss Serbia’s cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former …

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• 30 October

  Se acumulează tensiuni etnice în R. Moldova?

  „Cine seamănă vânt, culege furtună” (proverb românesc) Dincolo de alegerea viitorului preşedinte care pare că acaparează toată dezbaterea publică, există o tensiune surdă care se întrezăreşte tot mai percutant în societatea din R. Moldova. Este tensiunea etnică. Din când în când, vibrează vizibil şi periculos. Un context politic instabil şi …

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• 30 October

  Jeremić expects confirmation of cooperation

  FM Vuk Jeremić says he believes that the chief Hague prosecutor will confirm Serbia’s full cooperation with the Hague Tribunal in his report to the UN SC. He said that Serbian officials will have “detailed meetings” with Serge Brammertz, who is due here on Nov. 4 for a working visit, …

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• 30 October

  Moldova – Communist accusing the IMF of double standards

  Former Minister of Economy MP Igor Dodon said that for the first time ever, the IMF mission did not meet with all parliamentary factions for consultations.

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• 30 October

  Russian and Ukrainian mediators discussed situation in Transnistria

  The Kiev meeting took place in shorter than one week after Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Ukrainian colleague had met in Moscow and discussed the Transnistria topic.

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• 30 October

  Tadic: “Serbia ready for new intiatives on Kosovo”

  President Boris Tadić says Belgrade will continue to insist on a resumption of talks on Kosovo and finding a compromise solution. This, the president told state broadcaster RTS late on Wednesday, regardless of the stand of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) stand on the issue of the legality of …

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• 30 October

  Obama to welcome Erdoğan to White House on Dec. 7

  President Barack Obama will meet with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the White House on Dec. 7. The White House announced the meeting Thursday. Press secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama looks forward to discussing a broad range of issues with Erdoğan, including strategies for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Middle …

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• 30 October

  Moldova – MPs adopt new procedure for electing head of state

  The Parliament Thursday passed amendments to the procedure for electing the President of Moldova in first reading by a majority vote. The parliamentary group of the Communists Party (PCRM) described the bill as abusive and did not back it. 

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• 30 October

  Bill Clinton expected in Priština

  Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will arrive in Kosovo on Sunday, says Hashim Thaci. The Kosovo Albanian premier explained that Clinton will attend the unveiling of a statue of himself. The statue has been placed on a Priština boulevard that has also been named after the former American president.

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