March 30, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The parliamentary committee on Kosovo urged on Monday (March 28th) that Kosovo Serbs boycott the upcoming population census unless it is conducted by the UN across all of Kosovo. Minister for Kosovo Goran
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March 30, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The Constitutional Court ruled on Monday (March 28th) that the parliamentary procedures used to elect Behgjet Pacolli as president violated the constitution. “Behgjet Pacolli was elected in an unconstitutional procedure,”
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March 29, 2011 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News
Croatia has started a final offensive to enter the EU in 2011. The European Commission (EC) said that the pre-accession talks could be finalised, if the country steps up its efforts in the fight against corruption and the detention of war criminals.
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March 29, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
March 31 is the perfect date for the parliament to dissolve and to call early parliamentary elections, said Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. According to him, it is within the authorities of the parliament’s chairperson to set a sitting and he expected it to be this week.
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March 29, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule has started his visit to Belgrade today, where he arrived to discuss Serbia’s EU integration.The EU official will then meet with Interior Minister Ivica Dačić.
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March 29, 2011 Eurasia News, Romania News
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca meet on Tuesday in Moscow to discuss trade and economic relations between the two countries as well as the Dniester region problem.
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March 29, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Kosovo and Serbia have said that some progress has been made on issues of cadastre and land registers, as well as energy supply, at the second round of talks in Brussels. “There has been some progress on the cadastre and registers and issues of energy supply (…) and we hope …
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March 29, 2011 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian President Boris Tadic will meet with the prime ministers of Slovenia and Croatia in Smederevo on Friday to discuss economic cooperation and international issues. The gathering in the central Serbia town will be the officials’ second trilateral meeting. The first was held in the Slovenian city of Ptuj in …
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March 29, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Montenegro
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said on Saturday (March 26th) that there is no enlargement fatigue and this year will be important for the process. Fuele held talks with Montenegrin Prime Minister Igor Luksic on
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March 29, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
High Representative Valentin Inzko has suspended decisions of the Central Election Commission (CIK) regarding the formation of authorities in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH). CIK spokesperson Maksida
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