December, 2009

• 7 December

  Georgia hails restoration of NATO-Russia Council format: FM

  Georgia welcomes the restoration of the NATO-Russia Council format. “Russia’s participation is important, if we want a joint security formula,” Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said at a traditional briefing today. According to her, the NATO-Russia Council format will be an additional lever of dialogue with Russia for the …

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• 7 December

  Georgian vice speaker demands to patrol Black Sea

  Georgian Parliamentary Vice Speaker Paata Davitaia called on the government to develop a package of proposals on the introduction of U.S. and NATO patrol ships into the Black Sea.

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• 7 December

  South Caucasus environmental planning issues discussed in Tbilisi

  REC Caucasus Regional Conference – “LEAPs is SEA proof! Seven Years of Experience in Local Environmental Planning in the South Caucasus” was organized by REC Caucasus on December 4, 2009 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The event aimed to summarize all LEAPs projects implemented by REC Caucasus since 2003, assess the result …

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• 7 December

  OSCE says Romanian election generally fair, alleged irregularities need investigation

  Romania’s presidential election generally observed international standards but information on alleged irregularities need to be investigated, OSCE mission chief Vadim Zhdanovich said Monday.

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• 7 December

  Traian Basescu re-elected Romanian president

  Traian Basescu has been officially declared the winner in Romania’s presidential election. Earlier exit polls had put his social democrat rival in the lead. But the final results show the centre-right leader has been re-elected to power with 50.37% of the vote in Sunday’s run-off.

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• 7 December

  Moldova Parliament fails to elect president again

  Moldova Parliament has failed for the third time to elect president again: the only candidate for the post-Marian Lupu, won 53 from 61 necessary votes.

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• 7 December

  EU Helps Romanian Companies in Crisis

  The European Commission authorised on Friday an aid program proposed by Romania to support with up to 500,000 euro for companies hit by the economic crisis. The main aim of this temporary scheme is to offer support to companies facing financial difficulties due to harsher lending conditions triggered by the …

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• 7 December

  Belgrade-Bar Road Construction Starts in 2010

  Serbia’s Minister of Infrastructure Milutin Mrkonjic said the construction of Belgrade-Bar highway, part of the pan-European Corridor 11 will start next year. Upon visiting works on the road section in the town of Kraljevo on Saturday, Mrkonjic told reporters that 20 million euros have been set aside in the state …

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• 7 December

  Macedonia, Turkey Confirm Friendship

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday at a meeting with his visiting Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski in Istanbul reiterated his support for Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic integration and backed the country in its “name” dispute with Greece. At the meeting Erdogan underlined that he felt Macedonia should be a fully-fledged NATO …

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• 7 December

  EU Decides Over Macedonia’s Accession Talks

  Despite intense speculation, it is still not clear whether Macedonia will secure a start date for its EU accession talks at the regular EU foreign minister meeting scheduled for Monday. Although the European Commission and the European Parliament supported the start of negotiations with Skopje, the chances of Macedonia securing …

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