January, 2010

• 7 January

  Macedonia PM Welcomes Serbia’s Mediation Offer

  Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski during an official visit to Israel welcomed Serbian President Boris Tadic’s offer to mediate in his country’s name row with Greece. “Tadic’s offer is well-intentioned. He is neither the first nor the ast politician who wishes to help. Many have tried and others just expressed …

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• 5 January

  Različito evidentiraju izvoz oružja

  Ministarstvo vanjske trgovine i ekonomskih odnosa BiH u 2008. godini izdalo je dozvole za izvoz naoružanja i vojne opreme u vrijednosti od oko 116 miliona KM (58 miliona eura), a Uprava za indirektno oporezivanje BiH u istoj godini evidentirala je izvoz municije i naoružanja u vrijednosti od oko 42 miliona …

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• 5 January

  Gül: Turkey walks stridently toward EU

  Turkish President Abdullah Gül said Monday that Turkey was proceeding toward the European Union in a determined way. “We can be more hopeful in 2010,” Gül said. He added that whether Turkey became a full member was a different issue. On the Cyprus issue, Gül said that the EU was …

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• 5 January

  Memorial for Serb victims in eastern Bosnia

  A memorial service in the village of Kravica, near Bratunac, in eastern Bosnia, today marked the 17th anniversary of the 1993 massacre of 49 Serb villagers. The Bosnian Muslim forces from Srebrenica, led by Naser Orić, attacked the village in January 1993, to kill the villagers and burn their homes.

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• 5 January

  “Tadić allowed to visit Kosovo”

  The Kosovo Albanian government in Priština has “considered Serbian President Boris Tadić’s request to visit Kosovo”, said one of its officials. Deputy PM Ram Manaj said today that they also “decided to allow” for the visit to take place.

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• 5 January

  Spanish ambassador on Serbia’s EU ambition

  Spanish Ambassador to Belgrade Inigo Espana has announced official Madrid’s strong support to Serbia’s EU candidacy. As the country which assumed the six-month EU presidency on January 1, Spain thinks that Serbia’s candidacy should be discussed as soon as possible.

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• 5 January

  Serbia – Ambassadors’ Conference in second day

  Vuk Jeremić opened the two-day Ambassadors’ Conference in the Palace of Serbia on Monday. The guest of honor at the conference was Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who also addressed the gathering. Jeremić said that the priority of Serbia’s foreign policies in the coming year will be the continuation of …

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• 5 January

  Tadić outlines Serbia’s foreign policy priorities

  President Boris Tadić said that Serbia’s foreign policy priorities are the EU, the country’s sovereignty, regional cooperation and economic diplomacy. Tadić addressed the Ambassadors’ Conference in Belgrade on Tuesday and said that the success of Serbia’s foreign policies is an articulation of relations with big world powers such as Russia, …

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• 5 January

  “ICJ to consider lawsuits in single proceeding” – Serbian international law expert

  Serbian international law expert Tibor Varadi says the ICJ will “probably consider Croatia’s genocide lawsuit against Serbia and Serbia’s countersuit in the same proceedings”. “I think the most rational and logical thing is to have joint proceedings, because the suits deal with the same period and the same series of …

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• 5 January

  Albania’s opposition won’t enter parliament

  Albania’s opposition Socialist Party leader Edi Rama made it clear Tuesday that Socialists have no intention of ending the boycott of parliament unless Prime Minister Sali Berisha upholds their demand for vote recount.

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