March 9, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
KFOR halted its co-operation with the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) on Saturday (March 6th) after members of the newly established force carried weapons during a ceremony Friday marking the 12th anniversary
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March 9, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, head of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee in the European Parliament (EP) is asking the European Commission (EC) to speed up the visa liberalisation process for Balkan countries.
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March 9, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso has voiced hope that the influx of asylum seekers from Serbia and Macedonia to Belgium will not affect efforts to offer visa-free travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), media in Sarajevo reported on Sunday (March 7th). BiH officials insist that the country will …
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March 6, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The Slovenian government confirmed an agreement with Kosovo for development cooperation. According to the Slovenian government, the law for the agreement for development cooperation between Slovenia
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March 6, 2010 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Albania has completed six more chapters of the questionnaire required by the European Commission, the Inter-ministerial Co-ordination Committee for European Integration announced on Thursday. The chapters are on the free movement of capital, information and media society, taxes, environment, financial control, and finances and budget. That makes a total of …
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March 5, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Ukraine’s new President, Viktor Yanukovych, says his visit to Moscow will mark the first step in a major improvement in relations with Russia.
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March 5, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz held an unofficial meeting with EU President Herman Van Rompuy. Although the contents of the meeting were not disclosed, Van Rompuy’s
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March 5, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković will be in Brussels Friday, where he will discuss Serbia’s next steps in the European integration process.
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March 5, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Balkan interior ministers have gathered at a two-day regional conference in Tirana to discuss cooperation in handling border security and responses to transnational crime. The meeting was attended by representatives of the all the countries in the region and several EU delegations, as well as Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha.
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March 5, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbia and Bulgaria will sign a deal on Friday to build a gas pipeline linking the two countries to help avert future gas supply problems and boost energy security in the region. Serbia’s Energy Minister Petar Skundric will travel to Brussels to sign a joint statement for pipeline with Bulgarian …
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