September, 2010

• 23 September

  Macedonian President to meet Greek Prime Minister in New York

  Macedonian President Gjorgje Ivanov and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou are set to meet in New York, where they will take part in UN General assembly. The two delegations have agreed to meet at 5 p.m. Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki is set to attend the meeting as well. The …

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• 23 September

  Inzko says BiH could join EU in 2020

  Valentin Inzko said on Tuesday (September 21st) that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) could join the EU in 2020. Inzko, who was speaking to journalists at the European Parliament (EP), said much

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• 23 September

  UN Secretary General reiterates support for Cypriot reunification talks

  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met on Tuesday (September 21st) with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias, reiterating his support for ongoing talks to reunify the island. The meeting, held on the sidelines of a UN summit in New York, focused on progress in the talks. During a separate meeting with Turkish President …

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• 23 September

  Kosovo has met EC visa criteria, minister says

  Kosovo’s Integration Minister Besim Beqaj said on Tuesday (September 21st) that Pristina’s various institutions have fulfilled the criteria set by the European Commission (EC) for visa liberalisation. He told EU Enlargement

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• 22 September

  Serbia: EU mandated to mediate in Belgrade-Pristina dialog

  The EU has been mandated by the UN Secretary General to mediate in the dialog between Belgrade and Pristina, because this is a European issue, said Oliver Ivanovic, state secretary of the Serbian Ministry for Kosovo. “The stability of Europe and this part of the Balkans depends to a great …

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• 22 September

  Bulgaria ethnic turks alarm Europe on Chief Mufti issue

  The ethic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) is going to file a complaint with the EC and PACE on the issue with the Chief Mufti in Bulgaria. A letter will be send to Viviane Reding, EC Vice-President and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, and to …

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• 22 September

  Barroso: EC Backs Turkey’s EU accession, member states don’t

  Turkey’s bid to join the European Union is becoming complicated by a number of factors, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told students at Columbia University in New York.

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• 22 September

  K. Albanians accuse UNMIK over north

  A Kosovo Albanian government office in Priština says UN mission, UNMIK, “has turned into a real obstacle for improvement of the situation” in K. Mitrovica. The office that produced the report is in charge of implementing the so-called strategy for northern Kosovo. 

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• 22 September

  UN Secretary-General: Serbia and Kosovo must engage in dialogue

  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the importance of dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo over the latter’s unilateral declaration of independence in 2008. In bilateral meetings with three European leaders on the margins of a three-day summit on

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• 22 September

  European Union says agreement with Ukraine unlikely in November

  Ukraine and the European Union are not likely to sign the Association Agreement during the November 22 summit, the European Commission’s spokeswoman, Angela Filote said. She said that the parties had already agreed that they need another year to complete the agreement.

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