A Belgrade based far right group has requested that all the country’s NGOs and media funded from abroad, including BIRN, be labelled as “foreign agents”, based on a Russian model.On Friday, the Serbian far-right movement “SNP Nasi” called on the authorities to pass a law that would label all NGOs …
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Montenegro on Alert Over Bad Weather Forecast
The Montenegrin authorities have issued a warning because of the bad weather which is expected over the weekend.The forecast predicts that on Saturday the country will be hit by a strong cyclone, which might bring heavy rainfall in the central and souther regions and snowfall in the north of the …
Read More »Romanian Crisis Takes its Toll on Newspapers
The print media in Romania are facing major drops in circulation as hard-pressed people cut out luxuries and news-hungry readers turn to the net.The circulation of most of Romania’s daily newspapers and weeklies has suffered dramatic falls in recent months, as the country struggles with an economic downturn, official data …
Read More »Kosovo War Rape Victims Need Legal Status
Kosovo must address war time sexual violence in the law dealing with the rights of war victims, a round table organized by UN Women in Pristina concluded.Members of the round table, which discussed “The status and state of survivors of sexual violence during conflict,” called for the prosecution of all …
Read More »Nikolic Honours Serbia’s Foreign Friends
Serbia’s President has rewarded sympathetic international public figures with special merits as part of celebrations ahead of Serbia’s Statehood Day on February 15.President Nikolic has bestowed the Sretenje medal, second class, on the US lawyer Ramsey Clark for his public and humanitarian work, according to the latest Official Gazette. Clark …
Read More »Bulgaria FM Stresses Importance of NATO Partners
Trust is key in the relationship between NATO and its partners, Bulgaria’s foreign minister said in an address to the alliance on Wednesday.”The best way to achieve this is through all partners being involved in the decision-making process,” Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov said at a meeting of NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Partnership …
Read More »Serbian State to Quit Managing Public Firms
Ruling coalition has proposed changes to the law on public companies, obliging the state to withdraw from day-to-day management of public enterprises.Mladjan Dinkic, Finance Minister, told parliament on Tuesday that amendments to the Public Companies Law envisage the state withdrawing from company management roles.
Read More »Macedonia Accepts Bulgaria’s Terms For Support
Skopje had agreed to the three terms that Sofia has set as preconditions for Bulgaria’s support for Macedonia’s EU integration process.In a letter sent on Tuesday, Macedonia’s Foreign Minister, Nikola Poposki, wrote to tell his Bulgarian counterpart, Nikolay Mladenov, that the proposals contained in Mladenov’s earlier letter were acceptable. They …
Read More »Bernd Borchard Named EULEX’s Third Chief
Bernd Borchardt of Germany was appointed on Tuesday as new head of the EU’s rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, known as EULEX.The appointment was made by the EU’s Political and Security Committee. “Borchardt, from Germany, will take up his duties on February 1, 2013. He will succeed Xavier Bout de Marnhac, …
Read More »Bulgaria PM Briefs Obama on Bus Bomb Probe
Borisov tells Obama that while the identity of the Burgas bomber is known, the evidence is not yet strong enough to hold up in court.On a visit to Washington, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, informed US President Barack Obama of progress in the investigation of the July 18 terrorist attack …
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