May, 2010

• 17 May

  UN Security Council to discuss Kosovo

  The United Nations Security Council is to discuss the situation in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina today. Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will take part at the session, Beta learned at the Foreign Ministry. UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, chief Lamberto Zannier. and Kosovo Albanian government’s foreign minister, Skender Hyseni

  Read More »
• 17 May

  Medvedev and Yanukovych plan to open borders to Transnistrian exports

  Russia and Ukraine intend to annul border restrictions for Transnistrian goods. The intention is stipulated in the declaration on the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict, which is to be signed by presidents Dmitri Medvedev and Viktor Yanukovych during the former’s visit to Kiyv on May 17-18, Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported. According …

  Read More »
• 17 May

  Romania a preluat presedintia Comisiei de Dezvoltare Durabila a ONU

  Romania a preluat, pana in 2011, sefia Comisiei pentru Dezvoltare Durabila din cadrul Organizatiei Natiunilor Unite (ONU), a anuntat, duminica, intr-o conferinta de presa, Laszlo Borbely, ministrul Mediului si Padurilor. “Zilele trecute, am fost ales in cadrul sesiunii ONU pentru Dezvoltare Durabila de la New York presedintele Comisiei pentru Dezvoltare …

  Read More »
• 17 May

  Romania hopes Cyprus problem will find lasting solution

  Romania supported a lasting solution to the Cyprus problem accepted by both sides within the UN framework, Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi reiterated on Friday. Meeting with his visiting Cypriote counterpart Markos Kyprianou, Baconschi stressed that Romania hopes that “this problem, which was imported by the European Union, will find …

  Read More »
• 17 May

  Serbia PM: Serbia Ready to Drop Genocide Suit

  Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic said that Serbia is ready to withdraw its genocide suit against Croatia if an agreement is reached for the genocide charges filed by both countries against one another to be mutually and unconditionally dropped.

  Read More »
• 17 May

  Greece, Turkey make historic move to improve ties

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a landmark visit to Athens on Friday (May 14th) amid tight security, in a bid to resolve longstanding issues between the two neighbours. The two governments signed a total of 21 agreements, declarations and memorandums, covering such issues as

  Read More »
• 17 May

  Albanian opposition rallies again against government

  Thousands of members and supporters of the opposition Socialist Party (SP) rallied in Tirana on Friday (May 14th) on behalf of about 200 people who started hunger strikes two weeks ago, demanding transparency in the June 2009 general elections. The protestors gathered in the main square chanting “Open the ballot …

  Read More »
• 17 May

  Montenegro sentences former JNA soldiers for war crimes

  The Higher Court in Podgorica on Saturday (May 15th) sentenced six former members of the Yugoslav National Army (JNA) for war crimes. They were found guilty of ordering and committing torture against prisoners of war and civilians between October 1991 and August 1992 during an attack on Dubrovnik, and got …

  Read More »
• 17 May

  Protests continue in Greece

  More than 10,000 people gathered in downtown Athens on Saturday (May 15th) to protest the government’s austerity measures. The action, organised by the labour union of the Communist Party, PAME, was a continuation of similar protests in the capital for the past week. A 24-hour general strike will be held …

  Read More »
• 14 May

  Kosovo to host Balkans mini-summit

  Presidents of Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro will gather in Kosovo next month, local media said. The aim of the mini-summit, due to take place in the town of Prizren, is to promote regional cooperation.

  Read More »