NICOSIA, Cyprus An oil exploration dispute between Turkey and Cyprus will not undermine ongoing efforts by the two Cypriot communities to reunify the island, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza said on Tuesday (June 30th). The dispute is a commercial and legal matter and should have no impact …

ANKARA, Turkey The defence ministry said on Tuesday (June 30th) it has started talks with the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency on a project to clear land mines from the country’s border with Syria. The announcement came amid heated public debate on who should complete the task. The army and …

The developments that occurred over the past few weeks and after the end of the Gaza war, have showed to an extent that Turkey acquires a louder voice in the Middle Eastern affairs by promoting itself as the main Muslim power and in parallel trying to combine that with its …

Neće biti malverzacija s plaćanjem novih i povećanih akciza, koje od danas počinje u BiH, tvrdi Kemal Čaušević, direktor Uprave za indirektno oporezivanje BiH. Kaže da su poreski obveznici dužni da popišu sve zalihe i u roku od 10 dana plate razliku između dosadašnje i povećane akcize na kafu, cigarete …

SARAJEVO – Upravni odbor Vijeća za implementaciju mira u BiH nije donio odluku o gašenju OHR-a, a međunarodna zajednica će ostati u BiH sve dok u potpunosti ne bude ispoštovano pet ciljeva i dva uslova. Visoki predstavnik međunarodne zajednice za BiH Valentin Incko naglasio je da je Upravni odbor PIC-a …

NICOSIA, Cyprus Washington hopes the two Cypriot communities will make an “historic breakthrough” this year to end the island’s division, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza said on Monday (June 29th) during a visit to Nicosia.

CHISINAU. More than 230 observers with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe /OSCE/ will monitor the early parliamentary elections in Moldova, RBC announced.

In testimony lasting several hours, Damir Ivankovic recalls in detail the crime committed in August 1992 at Koricanske stijene. “I fired a single burst, but not to the end. I moved on the sides, careful not to hit any members of the special response team. I did not use the …

Bosnia and Herzegovina is hopeful that a compromise has been reached with the International Monetary Fund, IMF, which would allow this financial institution to activate a Euro 1.2 billion stand-by arrangement for the country. “The IMF is finally satisfied,” reads a front page article in the Sarajevo daily Oslobodjenje on …

TIRANA (AFP) – A delay in the ballot count after legislative polls seen as crucial to Albania’s aspirations to join the EU sparked opposition claims of fraud Tuesday, after European election observers’ gave cautious praise for the voting process. The ruling Democratic Party of Prime Minister Sali Berisha, which held …