Europa
OSCE expresses cautious praise for Serbian elections (08.05.2012)
(Quelle:Balkan Insight)
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe praises overall conduct of May 6 polls as professional - but says complaints about pressures on the media and a lack of transparency need addressing.
Kosovo calm during Serbian election day (07.05.2012)
(Quelle:Southeast European Times)
The overall situation on Sunday (May 6th) -- as Kosovo Serbs went to the polls to vote in presidential and general elections -- remained calm, although Kosovo Police, EULEX and KFOR increased their presence in the north and in some other areas in Kosovo, including Pristina.
Serbian presidential election goes to runoff (06.05.2012)
(Quelle:B92)
The Serb Progressive Party (SNS) and their coalition received 24.7 percent of votes, while that led by the Democratic party (DS) won 23.2 percent.
German government extends troops' mandate in Kosovo (03.05.2012)
(Quelle:B92)
The German government decided on Wednesday to extend the mandate of the country's troops as part of KFOR troops in Kosovo for another year. The extended mandate maintains the limit on the number of German army soldiers who can be deployed to the former Serbian province at 1,850.
UN welcomes agreement facilitating voting in Kosovo for Serb elections (02.05.2012)
(Quelle:UN News)
The United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today welcomed an agreement reached on Monday by which the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will facilitate voting in Kosovo for upcoming elections in Serbia.
NATO deploys force in Kosovo ahead of Serbian elections (30.04.2012)
(Quelle:Southeast European Times)
NATO began deploying more than 700 soldiers from the German-Austrian Operational Reserve Troops to Kosovo at the request of KFOR Commander Erhard Drews, ahead of the May 6th Serbian elections.
Brussels mediating over Serb votes in Kosovo (26.04.2012)
(Quelle:Balkan Insight)
Ten days ahead of Serbian elections, Brussels, Belgrade and Pristina are trying to find a solution on how to let Kosovo Serbs vote in the presidential and parliamentary polls. … According to the Brussels source, the plan is to for the OSCE to provide the logistics, as Kosovo is opposed to the Serbian state playing any role in voting inside Kosovo.
Some EU envoys returning to Minsk (25.04.2012)
(Quelle:RFE/RL)
Ambassadors to Belarus from European Union countries are starting to return to Minsk after they departed in late February in protest of the human rights record of authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime.
NATO chief criticizes EU mission in Kosovo (24.04.2012)
(Quelle:B92)
The NATO secretary-general voiced his criticism of the activities of the EU mission in Kosovo as he addressed members of the European Parliament on Monday. According to Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the rule of law mission is neither well-equipped nor sufficiently competent to perform the tasks it was entrusted with.
Reunification talks collapse before Cyprus EU stint (23.04.2012)
(Quelle:EurActiv)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said progress in the talks to reunify the divided island of Cyprus was insufficient to call an international conference. The statement appears to put an end to hopes that Cyprus' upcoming EU presidency could be a catalyst for the resolution of the Cyprus problem.