October, 2010

• 11 October

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to start Balkan visit to push EU integration

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pressing political reforms to the restive Balkans with the hope that such changes will lead to the region’s full integration into the European Union and NATO. Clinton is set to visit Sarajevo on Monday, the capital of ethnically divided Bosnia-Herzegovina, which

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• 11 October

  Turkish Defense Minister to visit Albania

  Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Genyul will visit Albania to participate in various meetings. According to the Ministry’s General Secretariat, Gonul will attend a meeting of the defense ministers of the Southeast Europe, which will be held in Albania on Oct.11. In addition, Gonul will also hold bilateral meetings with the …

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• 11 October

  Armenia resentful one year after signing accord with Turkey

  Armenian Foreign Ministry officials have blamed Turkey for failing to bring into effect protocols that were signed a year ago, as the Turkish-Armenian border is still closed and the Nagorno-Karabakh issue remains a source

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• 11 October

  Seminar for Atlantic associations of South Caucasian states to be hold in Tbilisi

  The Atlantic Council of Georgia is going to hold with the support of Atlantic Committee of Norway the seminar named “Transatlantic values – how they reflect on the model of governance in South Caucasian states?” from October 11 to October 12. Atlantic associations of Azerbaijan and Armenia

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• 11 October

  EP President Jerzy Buzek visit Cyprus

  European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek is on a visit to Cyprus (Oct. 10-12) to push for more efforts towards lasting peace on the island. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Füle is also expected to pay a visit to the island on Oct. 14. Buzek is set to meet with Greek Cyprus …

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• 11 October

  Armenian parliamentary delegation to visit Greece and Cyprus

  Armenian parliamentary delegation headed by National Assembly speaker Hovik Abrahamyan will leave on an official visit for Greece October 11. Meetings with the President and parliamentary speaker of Greece, OSCE

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• 11 October

  Kosovo political parties agree on early elections

  Kosovo political parties agreed on Friday (October 8th) that early elections should be called in the wake of President Fatmir Sejdiu’s resignation last month. “All parties agreed that early elections are necessary due to the

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• 11 October

  EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele urges BiH to overcome differences

  EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele stressed on Friday (October 8th) that BiH should overcome its differences to join the EU one day. “The future of BiH cannot be built based on differences — this is one of

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• 11 October

  Karadzic trial could be delayed

  Hague war crimes tribunal (ICTY) President Patrick Robinson presented the 17th annual report on the tribunal’s work to the UN General Assembly on Friday (October 8th). Robinson said all trials at the tribunal should be completed in 2012, with the exception of the trial of Radovan Karadzic. The former Bosnian

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• 11 October

  US reiterates importance of detaining Mladic

  The arrest of war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic “remains a very high priority” for the US, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian affairs Philip Gordon said on Friday (October 8th). He said US authorities

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