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Turkish FM urges EU to speed up membership talks

TURKEY Turkey’s foreign minister has urged his European Union counterparts to speed up the process of his country’s EU membership bid and not let the Cyprus issue stall negotiations. In an opinion piece in Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, Ahmet Davutoğlu said his country has started an “unparalleled reform” process to …

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Jeremić orders internal investigation

SERBIA Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić has ordered a probe after the media reported that Montenegro’s candidate for ambassador to Serbia was “unwelcome”. The “urgent investigation” will include “everyone”: from his cabinet chief to the ministry’s human resources clerks, Belgrade daily Večenje Novosti writes. But the ministry officials were not available …

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Sweden “criticizes Kosovo government”

KOSOVO Sweden has criticized the Kosovo government because of the ethnic Albanian leaders’ opposition to a planned protocol between EULEX and Belgrade. Such behavior, a spokeswoman for the Swedish foreign ministry was quoted as saying, “is not in the spirit of Kosovo’s European aspirations”. Cecilia Julin also said that EU …

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Minister of Transport and Communication resigned

MACEDONIA The Minister of Transport and Communication Mile Janakievski resigned due to moral reasons. The Minister’s resignation is due to today’s boat accident at Ohrid Lake and according to latest information the number of victims is 22. Janakievski’s resignation was expected. According to government sources,his resignation won’t be accepted, due …

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Russian president meets with Security Council members

RUSSIA President Dmitry Medvedev has had a regular meeting with the Russian Security Council’s permanent members, the Kremlin press service said on Friday. Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Head of the Kremlin Administration Sergei Naryshkin, Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov, State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov, …

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Georgia to tackle problems of Armenian population

GEORGIA Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met visiting Foreign Minister of Georgia Grigol Vashadze. The two men discussed bilateral relations, specifically the tariffs for cargo transportation through Georgia and the upcoming meeting of the intergovernmental commission. Appreciating highly the centuries-old friendship between the nations, they also referred to the problems of …

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Georgian Foreign Minister visiting Yerevan

GEORGIA Visiting Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze met Friday with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian. “Armenia welcomes contacts which underlie further development of mutually beneficial relations,” Minister Nalbandian said. The two men discussed Gyumri-Akhalthikhe-Bavra-Batumi highway construction, process of delimitation of the Armenian-Georgian border and energy cooperation. They also signed a …

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Turkish FM Davutoglu due to Georgia

GEORGIA Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will travel to Georgia on September 7-8 on an official trip, Anadolu news agency reported. In a press release issued on Friday, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said that Davutoglu would be in Georgia upon an invitation by his Georgian counterpart Grigol …

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German conservative regrets gaffe over Romanians

ROMANIA A senior figure in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party faced criticism Friday for comments at an election rally in which he appeared to disparage Romanian workers. An amateur video posted on YouTube and aired by several German media outlets showed Juergen Ruettgers, the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia state, saying …

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