October 12, 2009 Eurasia News, Romania News
An important thing in reestablishing the Moldovan-Romanian diplomatic relations is the appointment of new ambassadors in Chisinau and Bucharest, considers Eugen Revenco, program coordinator at the Foreign Policy Association.
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October 12, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Romania News
Romania is interested in the South Stream project, Aleksei Miller, the head of Russia’s Gazprom said October 8. There were no talks conducted with Romania on the subject before. If Bucharest agrees, Russia will obtain more opportunities to implement the vital project. “It goes about the opportunity to build a …
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October 12, 2009 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
According to the initial information, the NATO appraisal mission is pleased with the steps taken by Georgia to implement the annual national program. The mission held business productive meetings in Georgia, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalaganiya said at the briefing on Oct.12. The mission is expected to submit its …
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October 12, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Romania News
Romania and Bulgaria want to build two new hydroelectric power plants together, Romanian deputy economy minister Tudor Serban said. A cooperation memorandum for the project will be signed “within a month”, he added.
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October 12, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Bulgaria has been named as among the 30 countries that have requested to take part in public hearings at the International Court of Justice on the question of Kosovo’s independence. Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in February 2008, a move rejected as illegal by Belgrade and its allies. The …
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October 12, 2009 Eurasia News, Turkey
Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan said Monday he would visit Turkey to attend a football match this week between the two neighbors who have signed a peace accord after a century of hostility. Sarksyan said he had accepted an invitation by his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gul, to watch Turkey play Armenia …
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October 12, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
President Boris Tadic will spend Monday and Tuesday on an official visit to Hungary. There, he will meet with the country’s top officials and ethnic Serb community representatives. Tadic will hold meetings in Budapest with his Hungarian counterpart Laszlo Solyom, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai and Speaker of the Parliament Bela …
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October 12, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
A meeting between new Greek Premier George Papandreou and Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki may signal a thaw in relations. The two officials met briefly on Friday afternoon on the sidelines of an informal meeting of the Southeast European Cooperation Process in Istanbul. “I [hope] we have better cooperation in …
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October 12, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Kosovo’s judicial watchdog has suspended a judge after he revealed details of private deliberations in the trial of three former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA. The Kovovo Judicial Council’s, KJC, disciplinary committee has suspended Rrahman Retkoceri without pay after reviewing his public statements regarding the controversial Llapi Group …
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October 12, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The new head of the European Commission, EC, delegation in Serbia, Vincent Degert, says the EU-Serbia Interim Trade Agreement may be unblocked this year. The deal is part of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, SAA, signed last spring and immediately suspended due to the Netherlands’ strong opposition. The Dutch are …
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