February 27, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Tuesday is an important day for Serbia, when the country hopes EU foreign ministers will give a green light to their obtaining candidate status following the conclusion of a key agreement with Kosovo. Serbia is hoping for an historic “Yes” on Tuesday when EU foreign ministers meet to decide whether …
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February 24, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News
German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker in saying Friday that Greece would only receive a 130-billion-euro (174.4-billion-dollar) bailout after it meets a tough round of conditions. Speaking days before a summit
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February 24, 2012 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
The OSCE Economic Forum will be held in Batumi in May. An agreement was reached at OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou’s meeting with the Georgian parliamentary delegation in Vienna. Efthymiou told journalists on Friday that together with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili he visited Batumi. The forum will be attended …
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February 24, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Three days of intense talks between Belgrade and Pristina finally yield result with agreement on Kosovo’s representation at regional meetings. Kosovo and Serbia appear finally to have agreed a
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February 24, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The Belgrade authorities have been advised not to organize local elections in Kosovo. The EU member states who have recognized Kosovo’s unilaterally declared independence, advocate against
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February 24, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The decision on the EU candidate status will not be vital for Serbia’s fate, Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac has said. He said: “It will not be the end of the world if it is to be postponed once again, because that would not mean that reforms are not being …
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February 24, 2012 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian ministers in new government quash talk of giving Kosovars right to visit Bosnia. Ministers of Bosnia’s two main Serbian parties, the Alliance
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February 24, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Bulgaria declared Thursday its support for granting Serbia an official EU candidate member statute. The country followed in the footsteps of France, Italy and Austria, who made similar moves earlier during the day. The support was voiced by Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov: “Bulgaria endorses Serbia for receiving
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February 23, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Austria, France and Italy have issued a joint plea to open the EU door to Serbia at a summit next week. In a note Wednesday to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, foreign ministers from the three
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February 23, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
Five Russian strategic bombers have raised alert with the Bulgarian and Turkish Air Forces after flying close by over the Black Sea on Wednesday. The five Russian Tu-22 bombers were detected right
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