Serbian authorities have deported a man wanted by Bosnia for his suspected role in the execution of 23 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) civilians in the central Bosnian city of Jajce in 1992. Zoran Maric, a former member of the Bosnian Serb army, was extradited on Tuesday on the basis of a …
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Serbia Opens Corridor 10 Highway Stretch
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic has opened a 21-kilometre-long stretch of the highway on Corridor 10, between the border with Macedonia and the southern Serbian village of Levosoje near Bujanovac, around 350 kilometres south of Belgrade. Cvetkovic said yesterday that the government had fulfilled its promise made to citizens exactly …
Read More »Bulgaria: Borisov Appoints Interior Minister
The leader of the GERB party and Prime Minister-designate Boyko Boriov announced Wednesday afternoon that the GERB chair, Tzvetan Tzvetanov, will be named Bulgaria’s new interior minister. Borisov broke the news after he and Tzvetanov met with the Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev and other representatives of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office …
Read More »Bosnia Says Working Toward Schengen
The chief of Bosnia’s negotiating team for visa liberalisation has told local media that most of the work on fulfillment of conditions for a visa-free regime with the EU could be completed by September this year. Negotiator Samir Rizvo said that among the requirements that remain to be addressed are …
Read More »Croatian Central Bank Governor Calls for Aid
Rohatinski has told local media that the country needs 5.7 billion euros to finance this year’s deficit, despite the fact that just two months ago, he said that financial aid would be unnecessary. Rohatinski called on the government to follow a responsible fiscal policy in terms of public sector savings, …
Read More »Serbia and Palestine Call for Peaceful Solution
At a meeting in Belgrade, the Presidents of Serbia and Palestine, Boris Tadic and Mahmoud Abbas stated that a peaceful and final settlement of the Middle East Crisis can only be reached by negotiation, and ruled out the imposition of any kind of solution. Speaking at a press conference, Abbas …
Read More »UN Name Mediator Tests Waters in Macedonia
The UN mediator in the “name” dispute between Greece and Macedonia did not table any new proposals during his two-day visit to Macedonia, local media reported, but only “felt the pulse” of the local authorities. On his arrival on Monday afternoon, Matthew Nimetz met with Macedonia’s Foreign Minister, Antonio Milososki. …
Read More »Kosor Confirmed As New Croatian PM
After an all day session, voting 83 in favor and 45 against, Croatian MPs approved the new government proposed by prime minister-designate Jadranka Kosor just after midnight last night. The move to form a new government comes after the suprise resignation of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader last week. Opposition MPs …
Read More »Former Albanian Defence Minister’s Trial Delayed
Albania’s Supreme Court on Monday again delayed the case against former defence minister Fatmir Mediu – indicted over a deadly blast at a munitions depot in March 2008 – after his lawyers failed to show up in court. The lawyers notified the court that they were stranded in Kukes, in …
Read More »Palestinian President Visits Belgrade
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is due to arrive in Belgrade on Tuesday for talks with the President of Serbia, Boris Tadic, and other officials on bilateral issues, the situation in the Balkans and the Middle East crisis.
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