November 12 | Brussels EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn receives Knut Vollebaek, OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities November 13 | Strasbourg Plenary session of the European Parliament. French President Nicolas Sarkozywill address the MEPs in a formal sitting. He will also have meetings with EP President Hans-Gert Potteringand with the conference of presidents. November 16-17 | Sofia International Conference: “Regional Cooperation and in the Black Seaand Danube Regions: Addressing Challenges and Providing Perspectives” (organized by the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) November 15 | Kosovo Electoral observation mission of the European Parliament will travel to Kosovo. The mission will consist of 7 members: Doris Pack, Hannes Swoboda, Goran Farm, Gisela Kallenbach, Marian Jean Marinescu, Rysszard Czarnecki and Csaba Tabajdi. November 16 | Helsinki EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn addresses the Cabinet Committee on European Union Affairs of Finland November 17 | Kosovo Parliamentary and local elections in Kosovo November 26-28 | Baden, Austria Final round of direct negotiations on Kosovobetween Belgradeand Prishtina under auspices of EU-US-Russia Troika November 26-27 | Brussels EU-Macedonia: The 4the EP-Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting will take place on 26 and 27 November. The two groups of legislators will participate in two joint working sessions over the two days. (ASP 5E2, 15.00-18.30) November 27 | Brussels After the elections: what prospects for Kosovo? – Policy briefing with Tim Gulidmann, Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo at The European Policy Centre (14:00-15:15) November 27 | Brussels European Parliament, Committee for Foreign Affairs: Discussion with Miroslav Lajcak, EUSR for Bosnia and Herzegovina. (PHS 1A2,15:00-16:00) November 28 | Brussels Priorities of the Slovenian Presidency of the EU– Breakfast Policy briefing with Igor Sencar, Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the EU. (The European Policy Centre, 08:00-09:30) November 28 | Belgrade SEE Energy Community’s Ministerial Council meeting |