November 28, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
KFOR soldiers this morning used an armored vehicle “to move a barricade” set up in the village of Jagnjenica, near the town of Zubin Porok, said reports. After this action by the members of the NATO forces in Kosovo, sirens were heard alerting the population of this Serb region in …
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November 28, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The Parliamentary Committee on Kosovo-Metohija is expected to meet today and discuss the results of the latest round of the Belgrade-Priština dialogue.
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November 28, 2011 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received today EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Ambassador Philippe Lefort. The interlocutors discussed issues related to Armenia’s cooperation with the European Union and the settlement of regional conflicts.
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November 28, 2011 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News, Romania News
Armenian Foreign Affairs Minister Edward Nalbandyan has met visiting Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Theodore Bakonski on a recent visit to Armenia. Nalbandyan said that the traditional friendship between the two countries created a favourable ground for the further
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November 28, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkey offered to bow to EU demands and open its ports, airports and airspace to Greek Cyprus under what it called a “Taiwanese-style” diplomatic arrangement to help drive Cyprus reunification talks resuming on Monday under UN pressure for a breakthrough.
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November 28, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Support for EU membership has hit an all-time low in Serbia as the public recoils from Brussels’ demands to resolve differences with Kosovo. In a referendum on joining the EU, 44.5 per cent would support membership while one-third would be against it, latest research from the government shows. This is …
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November 25, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Greek counterpart, Lucas Papademos, agreed this week on the importance of pursuing cooperation between Turkey and Greece. Speaking on
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November 25, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian President Boris Tadić stated on Friday he could not say that Serbia would get the EU candidate status on December 9 but that it would fight for it. He noted that he was optimistic, but also aware of the dangers and risks of the entire process.
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November 25, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) on December 5 will deliver its judgement in Macedonia’s case against Greece for breaching the 1995 Bilateral Interim Accord by blocking country’s accession to NATO at a summit in Bucharest in 2008.
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November 25, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian President Boris Tadić conferred Friday in Brussels with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy. Van Rompuy expressed satisfaction over the progress made in the Belgrade-Priština dialogue but also pointed out the importance of the implementation of the agreements that had already been agreed.
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