The main opposition party SDSM will not drop its boycott of parliament unless the ruling VMRO-DPMNE meets its key demands concerning the electoral code, updating voting lists and unfreezing the bank accounts of A1 TV, SDSM leader Branko Crvenkovski said on Tuesday (March 15th) after a marathon meeting wit
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Kosovo officials oppose idea on northern Kosovo status
Political representatives and officials in Kosovo are lined up against a proposal by the International Crisis Group (ICG) that Kosovo should give extended autonomy to its north in exchange for Serbian recognition. Parliament Speaker Jakup Krasniqi said on Tuesday (March 15th) that any
Read More »Kosovo President asks NATO countries to train Kosovo officials in their academies
Kosovo President Behgjet Pacolli is asking NATO countries to train the highest ranking Kosovo Security Force (KSF) officials in their academies. Pacolli thanked NATO for its contribution in Kosovo and its role in establishing and
Read More »Serbia: An outlook of Regional Cooperation and Border Issues Networks
written by: Ioannis Michaletos, Source: worldsecuritynetwork.com The outlook of Serbia in the field of regional cooperation and border issues, reveals that the country seem eager to implement regional cooperation policies aimed at the so-called “asymmetrical threats” of organized crime, international terrorism, illegal immigration, environmental pollution, money laundering and extremism. Most …
Read More »EU Parliament President Jerzy Buzek calls on all political parties in Moldova to end political instability
President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek has called upon the governing Alliance for European Integration and the opposition Moldovan Communist Party to put an end to the continuing political instability in the Republic of Moldova.
Read More »Macedonian PM to dissolve parliament on March 31
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has decided to dissolve the Macedonian parliament on March 31 and call early parliamentary elections. He made the decision after a ten-hour talk with biggest opposition party Social-Democratic Alliance of Macedonia (SDSM) leader Branko Crvenkovski. The early elections would be called within the next 60 days …
Read More »Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić: foreign governors are not a solution in Bosnia
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić stated on Tuesday that Serbia is committed to the Dayton Accord, which ended the 1992-95 war in Bosnia. However he added, according to reports, that it was necessary that democratically elected representatives were in power in Bosnia-Herzegovina, rather than governors appointed from abroad.
Read More »Former Georgian PM to visit Russia
Georgian former Prime Minister, the leader of the “Fair Georgia” movement Zurab Noghaideli will leave today for a regular visit to Russia. He will hold meetings with representatives of the Georgian Diaspora, who will get acquainted with the plans of the party. This is Noghaideli’s ninth visit to Russia.
Read More »Russian-Georgian conflict public discussions to be held in Tbilsi today
The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association will host public discussions on the topic “inter-state disputes between Russia and Georgia in connection with the mass deportation of Georgian citizens from Russia” at 18.30 on
Read More »Croatian PM confirmed she will finalize talks with EU on accession until June
Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor confirmed that her government would do everything needed to finish accession talks with the EU until the end of June. She met in Zagreb with European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Croatia Hanes Svoboda and a delegation from the EP’s foreign affairs committee. Svoboda expressed his …
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