Yearly Archives: 2013

Montenegro’s Kosovo Refugees Protest for Electricity

Refugees from Kosovo living in containers at a camp in Montenegro’s capital staged a demonstration to demand power supplies.”This is not life – without electricity, it’s like we are in prison,” one of the refugees told journalists in front of the headquarters of the EU delegation in Montenegro’s capital Podgorica …

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Croatia PM Visits Serbia to Break Ice

Croatia’s Zoran Milanovic will arrive in Belgrade on Wednesday on a visit aimed at improving the currently tense relations between the two countries.Milanovic will meet his counterpart, Ivica Dacic, on his first official visit to Belgrade, after ties deteriorated following the election of a new government in Serbia last year. …

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Romania to Simplify Fiscal Checks

Several fiscal bodies are to merge into one, in a bid to improve efficiency and lighten the load on companies struggling under the weight of numerous inspections.Romania’s centre-left government plans to merge several fiscal authorities into a single structure in a move to reform the tax system and increase the …

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Russia Agrees Loan for Serbian Railways

Ministers from Belgrade and Moscow have signed a deal on a 600 million euro Russian export loan to finance rail infrastructure in Serbia.The Serbian and Russian finance ministers, Mladjan Dinkic and Anton Siluanov, have signed a deal in Moscow on a government loan for Serbia’s state-owned railway company. The contract, …

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Protests in Islamabad demanding dissolution of Pakistan’s government

Thousands of supporters of a Muslim cleric, Tahir ul Qadri, that is asking for dissolution of the government have gathered near the parliament building on Tuesday after a deadline set by the cleric for his demands expired. The police clashed with the protesters for 10-15 minutes, but then the crowd …

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France will send more soldiers in Mali

The President of France, Francois Hollande, said during a visit to United Arab Emirates that the number of troops involved into the Mali operation will increase in order to wrest control from Islamist militants and make way as soon as possible for African forces. The number of French personnel that …

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Kosovo Serbs Welcome Belgrade Resolution

Serbs in Kosovo have welcomed the Serbian parliament’s resolution, which lays down the principles and guidelines for Belgrade negotiators in their dialogue with Pristina.Kosovo Serb leaders say they back the Serbian parliament resolution on Kosovo, as it will help solve open issues with Pristina and improve the status of Kosovo …

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Fugitive Peruvian Minister Sparks Row in Albania

Albania’s opposition has accused the government of harbouring Peru’s fugitive ex-Foreign Minister Augusto Blacker Millier after he was revealed to be in Albania.Opposition Socialist MP Erion Brace accused the government of Prime Minister Sali Berisha of protecting Millier, who is wanted in Peru for his involvement in a coup. “[Berisha] …

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Serbia Raises Pressure Over Albanian Monument

Belgrade has warned ethnic Albanians against involving Tirana in a dispute over a controversial memorial to guerrilla fighters that the Serbian authorities want removed.“South Serbia Albanians have sought to internationalise the problem; however, their rights here are not endangered,” Serbia’s deputy prime minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday after local …

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