Monthly Archives: November 2009

Romanian president, rival face run-off vote: polls

Romania’s incumbent president and his Social-Democrat rival will face a run-off after Sunday’s first round election, exit polls showed, as the country aims to recover from a political crisis and a deep recession. Centre-right President Traian Basescu and his main rival Mircea Geoana were the two top vote-getters in Sunday’s …

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Croatian Serb arrested for war crimes

Veritas Center Director Savo Štrbac said that Stanko Kovačević, suspected of having committed war crimes in Croatia, was arrested in Podgorica. Police arrested Kovačević on Friday according to an Interpol warrant, which was issued by Interpol in Zagreb. He is currently in custody pending extradition, Štrbac said.

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Belgrade hosts international parliamentary conference on European integration of South East Europe

Belgrade is to host the fifth conference of the parliamentary committees for European integration affairs in the member states of the Stabilization and Association Process for South East Europe, the media report. Up for discussion at the two-day conference are the stabilization and association process, experience gained and future challenges, …

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Presidential elections begin in Romania

The presidential elections began on Sunday morning in Romania, over 18 million eligible voters are expected to turn to polls to elect a new president for the next five-year term. A number of 12 candidates entered the race for the state’s top position. The incumbent President Traian Basescu is running …

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Caught Between Pristina and Belgrade

As Kosovo goes it alone for the first time in local elections, the results are less significant than the voting process itself, as some Kosovo Serbs defy Belgrade’s boycott demand in a move that may cause a major rift between Serb communities in Kosovo, Igor Jovanovic and Anes Alic write …

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FBI podržava nezavisne istrage

Federalni istražni biro SAD (FBI) podržava bh. napore da se policijske istrage provode nezavisno od etničkih interesa i utjecaja političkih stranaka, saopćeno je iz američke ambasade u BiH nakon okončanje dvodvene posjete direktora FBI Roberta Mulera Sarajevu. “FBI potpuno podržava bh. napore da se policijske istrage provode u skladu s …

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Dogovorom lidera do transformacije OHR-a

Upravni odbor Vijeća za implementaciju mira (PIC) pozvao je u četvrtak političare u BiH da se konstruktivno angažiraju u realizaciji tranzicije OHR-a. U kominikeu, koji je jednoglasno usvojen, ističe se da se aplikacija BiH za članstvo u EU ne može razmatrati sve dok postoji OHR, ujedno izražavajući ozbiljnu zabrinutost zbog …

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