Europa
Kosovo seeks full independence in 2012 (01.02.2012)
(Quelle:Balkan Insight)
Kosovo's parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the international community to permit full independence by the end of this year.
North Kosovo Serbs dismiss Tadic plan (26.01.2012)
(Quelle:Balkan Insight)
Serbian President's "four-point proposal” to resolve the stalemate in ethnically riven North Kosovo has received the thumbs down from local Serbs and from the nationalist opposition in Serbia.
OSCE: Political interference hampers Kosovo judiciary (25.01.2012)
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Kosovo’s judiciary still fails to meet European and international standards, since it is not fully independent from the executive branch, a newly released OSCE report finds.
Ban calls for decisive steps towards final settlement after intensive talks (25.01.2012)
(Quelle:UN News)
Mr. Ban, who attended the talks between Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, Dervis Eroglu, on Monday and Tuesday, said “limited progress” was achieved during the meeting.
West tells Serbia to pull police from Kosovo (24.01.2012)
(Quelle:Reuters AlertNet)
Western powers overseeing Kosovo’s independence called on neighbouring Serbia on Tuesday to quit "interfering" in the country and withdraw clandestine security forces.
Serbia mulls price of extending elections to Kosovo (19.01.2012)
(Quelle:Balkan Insight)
Belgrade faces a dilemma on whether to include Kosovo in its next round of national and local elections, as Germany has directly asked Serbia to abandon its so-called parallel institutions in Kosovo.
Bosniaks name new state government ministers (15.01.2012)
(Quelle:Balkan Insight)
Following the end of Bosnia's prolonged political stalemate at the end of December 2011 and the appointment of the new Prime Minister on January 12, the country's six main parties have started proposing ministers for the new state government, the Council of Ministers.
Kosovar president urges activists not to block Serbian goods (13.01.2012)
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The call comes as the Kosovar activist group Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) seeks to organize a peaceful protest to block goods from entering Kosovo from Serbia.
Tadic: Solution for Kosovo in international arena (11.01.2012)
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Serbian President Boris Tadic says the Kosovo problem needs a creative solution that would satisfy interests of Serbs, Albanians and interests of great powers. … “Now we have to consider other solutions - the models of Northern Ireland, South Tyrol, Aland Islands, or some solutions from the territory of former Yugoslavia,” the president was quoted as saying.
UN Secretary General urges swift solution to Cyprus problem (11.01.2012)
(Quelle:Xinhuanet)
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the leaders of estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities that time is running out for a settlement on re-uniting the eastern Mediterranean island. In a letters to Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu … Ban said he worried that opportunities to successfully conclude negotiations will be limited once the Republic of Cyprus takes up the presidency of the European Union (EU) in July.