October, 2009

• 12 October

  Armenian leader to visit Turkey

  Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan said Monday he would visit Turkey to attend a football match this week between the two neighbors who have signed a peace accord after a century of hostility. Sarksyan said he had accepted an invitation by his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gul, to watch Turkey play Armenia …

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• 12 October

  Tadic starts two-day visit to Hungary

  President Boris Tadic will spend Monday and Tuesday on an official visit to Hungary. There, he will meet with the country’s top officials and ethnic Serb community representatives. Tadic will hold meetings in Budapest with his Hungarian counterpart Laszlo Solyom, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai and Speaker of the Parliament Bela …

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• 12 October

  Skopje, Athens Hint at Warming Relations

  A meeting between new Greek Premier George Papandreou and Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki may signal a thaw in relations. The two officials met briefly on Friday afternoon on the sidelines of an informal meeting of the Southeast European Cooperation Process in Istanbul. “I [hope] we have better cooperation in …

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• 12 October

  Judge Suspended after KLA Trial Comments

  Kosovo’s judicial watchdog has suspended a judge after he revealed details of private deliberations in the trial of three former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA. The Kovovo Judicial Council’s, KJC, disciplinary committee has suspended Rrahman Retkoceri without pay after reviewing his public statements regarding the controversial Llapi Group …

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• 12 October

  EC Official Says SAA May Be Unblocked

  The new head of the European Commission, EC, delegation in Serbia, Vincent Degert, says the EU-Serbia Interim Trade Agreement may be unblocked this year. The deal is part of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, SAA, signed last spring and immediately suspended due to the Netherlands’ strong opposition. The Dutch are …

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• 12 October

  Albania’s Opposition Protests Poll Results

  Albania’s opposition Socialist Party staged a rally in Tirana on Saturday, calling for a recount of the ballots from the June 28 parliamentary elections. The rally was attended by several thousand party supporters and was also backed by several minor opposition parties and various civil society groups. Socialist leader Edi …

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• 12 October

  Serbia’s Constitutional Court to Be Moved

  Serbia’s Justice Ministry has announced that the Constitutional Court will be relocated from Belgrade to the town of Sremski Karlovci in 2010. In an interview with Tanjug news agency, the ministry’s state secretary, Slobodan Homen, explained that the decision comes as part of a wider effort to decentralise the state …

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• 10 October

  Kosovo: War crimes judge receives threats

  A Kosovo Albanian judge who voted against a decision to send three former so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) members to jail has been suspended. Rahman Ratkoceri stated that he was against the decision to find the three suspects guilty of committing war crimes.

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• 10 October

  Bulgaria to Open Consulate in Romania’s Timisoara

  Bulgaria is going to open a consulate in the city of Timisoara in the first half of 2010 in order to strengthen its economic relations with Western Romania. This has been announced by Bulgaria’s Consul in Bucharest, Yavor Stoyanov.

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• 10 October

  Countdown on for Romanian government

  The cabinet of Romanian prime minister Emil Boc could be counting its last days in government, facing a motion of no confidence on October 13. The motion is expected to be backed by the Social Democrats, who withdrew from government on October 1. Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana, who is …

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