Monthly Archives: May 2009

Serb Bank Doesn’t Report to Kosovo

A Serb bank operating in Kosovo, Komercialna Banka, that was granted a license in 2006 by Kosovo’s Administration, is not reporting its activities to the country’s Central Bank. Komercialna Banka is located in Mitrovica, Gracanica, Zubin Potok, Leposavic, Zvecan, Slivova, Shterpce and Dragash, areas populated by Serbian minority in Kosovo. 

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Algeria Will Not Recognise Kosovo

Algeria is the latest country to express its opinion on Kosovo’s status, and says it will not recognise the newly independent state. “The Algerian government’s position on the issue of Kosovo is clear. We consider this to be a problem of partition, secession, not of self-determination.m,” said the Algerian ambassador …

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Sarajevo pod opsadom zbog Bajdena

Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO – Pripadnici Tajne službe SAD, zaduženi za bezbjednost američkog predsjednika i potpredsjednika, već nekoliko dana borave u Sarajevu pripremajući teren za dolazak američkog potpredsjednika Džozefa Bajdena u posjetu BiH. “Prethodnica koju sačinjavaju pripadnici Tajne službe SAD u BiH, odnosno Sarajevu, borave već nekoliko dana. Njihov je …

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Blokada

Author: Mirza Čubro Vijeće ministara BiH ponovo je u krizi. Nije to neka vijest jer državna vlada je u konstantnoj krizi od potvrđivanja u ovom sastavu. Različiti su povodi za najavu blokada i zaustavljanja rada. Posljednji je izbor direktora Direkcije za evropske integracije BiH. Fabrika skandala ponovo je pronašla način …

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Russian Forces Kill Four Chechen Rebels

Police killed four suspected members of a Chechen suicide bombing squad overnight and the republic’s leader warned militants he would kill them unless they surrendered, news agencies reported on Saturday. The men were shot dead in separate incidents after two suicide bombers blew themselves up on Friday outside the Interior …

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Glavas released from custody in BiH

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) The state court released Branimir Glavas on Friday (May 15th). He was detained on Wednesday on an international arrest warrant issued by Croatia, after fleeing to BiH to avoid serving a ten-year sentence in Croatia for war crimes. Earlier, a lower BiH court decided to …

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EU vows to continue seeking Slovenian-Croatian compromise

BRUSSELS, Belgium/LJUBLJANA, Slovenia EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn pledged on Friday (May 15th) the EU will continue seeking a compromise solution to the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute, despite Slovenia’s attempt to revise his latest proposal. “It makes no sense to give up since we have almost reached the goal,” Rehn told …

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Eight killed in clashes between PKK and security forces in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey Turkish security forces killed early on Saturday (May 16th) seven militants of the outlawed separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Siirt, the army said in a statement. One village guard was also killed and another was injured in the fighting in the district of …

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Hague prosecution demands life sentences for Serb war crimes suspects

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands The Hague war crimes tribunal (ICTY) prosecution seeks life sentence for the Serbian cousins Milan and Sredoje Lukic, ICTY announced on Friday (May 15th). They two are charged with torturing, terrorising and killing about 150 people in attacks targeting non-Serb civilians in the area of Visegrad …

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