The Serbian minister responsible for helping the U.N. war crimes tribunal track down suspects resigned on Tuesday because efforts to bring fugitive Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic before the court had failed. (30.12. 2009)
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Eight turkish soldiers were detained over the alleged assassination plot to kill turkish deputy prime minister Bulent Arinc. Turkish army denied the allegations. (28.12. 2009)
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The leader of opposition social democrats Ivo Josipovic will meet in the run-off with the mayor of Zagreb Milan Bandic. (28.12. 2009)
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Nabucco could contribute to EU’s energy security and diversification of resources, says Mr. Joschka Fischer, former German minister of foreign affairs. It is also the reason, why EU-Turkey relations are so important, he adds. (23.12. 2009)
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Bosnia’s constitution, which is part of hastily written peace accord from 1995, discriminates against Jews and Roma because it does not allow them to run for parliament or president, the European Court of Human Rights said in a ruling. (23.12. 2009)
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Turkey says it wants from the European Union the same treatment as a respond to the bloc´s decision to drop visa restrictions for three Balkan states. (22.12. 2009)
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Serbian president Boris Tadic will hand over official application for EU membership to the Swedish Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. (22.12. 2009)
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Albania on Wednesday (16 December) took another step towards EU membership when the European Commission sent Tirana a voluminous questionnaire about its readiness to join the bloc.
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The Belgrade-Sarajevo train returned to the rails yesterday (13 December), nearly 18 years after fratricide wars prevented the line from linking the Balkan cities.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on 14 December that he was against the closure of parties, after a court ban on a Kurdish party caused angry protests, including by Brussels, and plunged the country into political uncertainty.
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