August 22, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac said on Monday that there was “no indication of instability in south Serbia”. “That this does not mean that the situation is not being closely monitored,” the minister said in the southern town of Leskovac.
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August 22, 2011 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Georgia Edward Nalbandian and Grigol Vashadze agreed on possible mutual visits between the Presidents of the two countries during a meeting in Salzburg, according to the Georgian Foreign Ministry.
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August 22, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Angela Merkel will start an official visit to Belgrade on Tuesday, the first to Serbia by a German Chancellor in eight years. Serbian President Boris Tadic will welcome Merkel on August 23, following weeks of hightened tension between Belgrade and Pristina over the troubled north of Kosovo, a subject which …
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August 22, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News, Serbia
Schoolchildren and students in Serbia’s Sandzak region could be taught in the Bosnian language during this academic year if the country’s education ministry permits the move. The Bosniak National Council, BNC, is waiting for the Serbian
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August 19, 2011 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Croatian Serb wartime leader Goran Hadzic is set to enter plea on August 24. Hadzic appeared before court on July 25, but refused to enter plea at the UN war crimes court at The Hague. He told the judges he had read the indictment against him, but declined to enter …
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August 19, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said that Skopje needs to look at the future from a different angle. Borisov wonders whether going back in history is the best way to go in time when the country needs an economic growth and good infrastructure.
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August 19, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
German Ambassador in Belgrade Wolfram Maas has said that recognition of Kosovo’s independence has never been a condition for Serbia’s EU integration. “But what we do expect is to solve problems that will allow normalization of relations. We know from experience that there is a large maneuvering space there,” he …
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August 19, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The U.S. will continue to support Serbia on its European path, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker says. He added in Belgrade on Thursday that the Belgrade-Priština dialogue represented a means to overcome contradictory issues and find solutions that would contribute to people’s …
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August 19, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Montenegro, Serbia
Montenegrin parliament will hold a session on September 2 which should see adoption of the bill amending the law on general education. In line with the agreement reached between opposition leaders and Prime Minister Igor Lukšić, the curriculum should provide teaching in Serbian, as well as compulsory courses in the …
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August 19, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Macedonia’s name dispute with Greece must not be used as an excuse for failing to fulfil EU reforms, the country’s minister in charge for EU affairs says. During her first adress before the Parliamentary Commission on the EU, Teuta Arifi announced a September 5 deadline for all ministries to complete …
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