October, 2010

• 4 October

  Bulgarian PM to meet with Georgian counterpart

  Bulgarian Prime Minister is to meet with Georgian counterpart Nikoloz Gilauri, who arrives on a one-day work visit to Bulgaria, the Bulgarian government’s press service announced. The two delegations will hold talks and then give a press conference at which the

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• 4 October

  ICTY chief prosecutor urges EU to maintain pressure on Serbia over Mladic

  UN war crimes tribunal (ICTY) chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz reiterated his position on Saturday (October 2nd) that the EU should maintain its pressure on Serbia to arrest former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic. “It is important for the

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• 4 October

  Kosovo could hold general elections in February 2011

  Acting President Jakup Krasniqi will propose February 2011 as the date for holding early general elections. The announcement is expected in the

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• 4 October

  US congressmen support Macedonia’s NATO bid

  Several US congressmen have sent a letter to President Barack Obama in support of Macedonia’s NATO bid, local media reported on Saturday (October 2nd). In the letter, the 19 Congress members say that the United States should encourage

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• 4 October

  Moderate in lead for Bosnia’s Muslim presidency: results

  Bakir Izetbegovic, who campaigned for dialogue between Bosnia’s deeply divided ethnic groups, is in the lead for the Muslim spot in Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, partial results showed Monday. Izetbegovic, the 54-year old son of Bosnia’s wartime Muslim leader Alija Izetbegovic, won 34.24 percent

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• 1 October

  Macedonia, Kosovo ink deal on customs cooperation

  Macedonia’s and Kosovo government have inked a deal on customs cooperation and mutual assistance. Head of Macedonia’s customs Vanco Kargov and his Kosovo counterpart Naim Huruglica have signed the deal on Friday.

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• 1 October

  NATO Committed to Georgia Inclusion

  NATO remains committed to admitting Georgia to its ranks, the head of the alliance said Friday, as the pro-Western former Soviet country suffered its greatest losses yet in Afghanistan. Georgia, which fought a brief war with Russia in August 2008, has deployed around 1000

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• 1 October

  Kosovo official dismisses reports of premier’s possible resignation

  Kosovo’s deputy premier Hajredin Kuci dismissed media reports that Prime Minister Hasim Thaci may also resign days after the country’s president quit his post, RIA Novosti reported. “All such reports are just rumors,” Kuci told journalists.

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• 1 October

  Turkey slams U.S. resolution on Cyprus

  Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the resolution passed in the U.S. House of Representatives could undermine UN solution process in Cyprus and efforts for rapprochement between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots.

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• 1 October

  Greek-Cypriots mark 50 years of independence

  Athens/Nicosia – Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias called on the Turkish Cypriots to test the will of the Greek Cypriots for a Cyprus settlement as the south marked 50 years of independence on Friday. In his address to the Cypriot people on the occasion of the Republic of Cyprus anniversary, …

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