Yearly Archives: 2009

Leaders of the majority coalition to start dialogue with Communist Party

CHISINAU, Moldova The Alliance for European Integration intends to propose to the Communists to begin a dialogue on electing the new President of Moldova. On Thursday, Moldova Noastra Alliance Leader Serafim Urechean said after the fourth round of talks between the leaders of the ruling coalition that the dialogue will …

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IMF ready to begin talks on new assistance program

CHISINAU, Moldova The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ready to support Moldova in overcoming the consequences of the global financial and economic crisis and will begin talks on new assistance program immediately after the formation of the new Government, Head of the IMF Mission Johan Matissen, who will complete his …

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Speaker could be elected at first sitting of new Parliament

CHISINAU, Moldova The leaders of the Alliance for European Integration (AEI) said the Speaker might be elected during the first meeting of the new legislature on August 28. “It is important that we choose the administrative bodies of the Parliament at the first sitting,” the Liberal-Democratic president Vlad Filat said …

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“Solution for consulates in Montenegro soon”

PODGORICA, Montenegro Serbia’s initiative to open three consulates in Montenegro should be decided on in direct talks between the two countries’ leaderships. This is according to a Podgorica-based Vijesti daily report, which quoted Montenegrin Foreign Ministry officials. Vijesti wrote that the official Belgrade was informed of the stand of the …

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War crimes suspect extradited to Croatia

ZAGREB, Croatia Milan Španović, accused on committing war crimes in 1991 in the Glina area, has been extradited to Croatia, media in that country say. According to this, he arrived in Croatia on a flight from Britain accompanied by British police and is now in the Sisak prison. In 1994, …

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“Albanian PM not threatening Serbia”

TIRANA, Albania Albanian PM Sali Berisha’s statement about the need to “integrate Albanians” is not tantamount to provoking Belgrade, said the Foreign Ministry in Tirana. “This is not a case of provoking Serbia. The cooperation of the republic of Albania and the republic of Kosovo is quite natural and has …

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Yushchenko calls on Medvedev to improve ties

KIEV, Ukraine Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday urged Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to work for better bilateral relations. They have worsened over the last few years. In an open letter to his Ukrainian counterpart on August 11, Medvedev blamed Kiev for the deterioration in relations between the two former …

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Georgia Tries To Enforce Blockade On Rebel Regions

TBILISI, Georgia A Georgian court has remanded in custody the Turkish captain of a tanker detained this week delivering fuel to the breakaway region of Abkhazia, as Tbilisi tries to enforce a blockade on Russian-backed separatists. The captain faces up to 24 years’ imprisonment if found guilty of smuggling and …

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Bahçeli: Kurdish opening aims to destroy Turkey

TURKEY While Turkey’s top security board convened to discuss government-led efforts to solve the Kurdish issue, the leader of the ultra-nationalist party strongly reacted to the process, calling it “destruction of the unitary state.” “What the government is trying to do is to place martyrs and butchers, our soldiers and …

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