Post by uz on Jul 18, 2011 17:32:18 GMT -5
Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia agreed to apply together for European Union aid to finance joint infrastructure projects as the former Balkan foes reconcile their differences on the path to joining the bloc.
The three countries, which emerged from the civil war that tore apart Yugoslavia in the 1990s, need to “focus on infrastructure development” and set up an “inter-governmental body to harmonize activities” related to infrastructure development, their presidents said today in a joint statement.
The Balkans are struggling to kick start their economies after the worst recession since the fall of communism halted capital inflows and investments. Western Balkan countries need to prove they can work together as regional cooperation is one of the key requirements on their way toward EU membership.
Serbia plans to win EU candidacy by the end of the year, while Croatia, which wrapped up talks on June 30, hopes to join the 27-member bloc in mid-2013. Bosnia, scene of the worst carnage during the disintegration of Yugoslavia, has signed an EU trade agreement.
Joint infrastructure would help bolster “good-neighborly relations”, improve the economic competitiveness of the three countries and create links with Adriatic ports, according to a statement issued by the office of the Serbian President Boris Tadic.
The presidents of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, who met today in the Croatian Brijuni islands, once the summer residence of former Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito who died in 1980, urged their governments to plan “a regional network of highways, rail links, logistics centers and the development of ports along the Adriatic coast and the Sava and Danube rivers.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-18/bosnia-croatia-serbia-seek-eu-aid-for-balkan-road-port-links.html
These sock-puppets are pushing. How does it make sense that we need "EU-Aid" to be on the "EU Road"?
The three countries, which emerged from the civil war that tore apart Yugoslavia in the 1990s, need to “focus on infrastructure development” and set up an “inter-governmental body to harmonize activities” related to infrastructure development, their presidents said today in a joint statement.
The Balkans are struggling to kick start their economies after the worst recession since the fall of communism halted capital inflows and investments. Western Balkan countries need to prove they can work together as regional cooperation is one of the key requirements on their way toward EU membership.
Serbia plans to win EU candidacy by the end of the year, while Croatia, which wrapped up talks on June 30, hopes to join the 27-member bloc in mid-2013. Bosnia, scene of the worst carnage during the disintegration of Yugoslavia, has signed an EU trade agreement.
Joint infrastructure would help bolster “good-neighborly relations”, improve the economic competitiveness of the three countries and create links with Adriatic ports, according to a statement issued by the office of the Serbian President Boris Tadic.
The presidents of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, who met today in the Croatian Brijuni islands, once the summer residence of former Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito who died in 1980, urged their governments to plan “a regional network of highways, rail links, logistics centers and the development of ports along the Adriatic coast and the Sava and Danube rivers.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-18/bosnia-croatia-serbia-seek-eu-aid-for-balkan-road-port-links.html
These sock-puppets are pushing. How does it make sense that we need "EU-Aid" to be on the "EU Road"?