A Croatian woman accused of war crimes in Bosnia has been arrested in the US state of Kentucky. Azra Basic, a Croatian who lives in Kentucky, is accused of torturing and murdering Serbs at prison camps in Bosnia from April to June 1992.
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Turkish PM: the relations with Russia are expanding into new areas
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that relations between Turkey and Russia are swiftly improving, based as they are on deep roots that extend back decades. “Turkish-Russian relations dating back to long ago are taking confident steps toward the future, diversifying into the fields of economy, politics, military …
Read More »Georgian Minister of Regional Development visits Armenia
A delegation led by Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, Mr. Ramaz Nikolaishvili will be visiting Armenia on March 17 and 18, 2011. According to the press office of the Armenian Ministry of Transport and
Read More »Bosnia’s Social Democrats trying to form government
Bosnia’s Social Democrats have announced they will begin the official formation of the Federation government today without main Croat parties, who have suggested they will request early elections. The constituent session of the House of Peoples in Bosnia’s mainly Bosniak-Croat Federation
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 »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 …
Read More »ICG: an interim solution should be found for Kosovo
Northern Kosovo does not represent a risk for Kosovo; therefore, an interim solution should be sought until a final solution is reached, Marko Prelec, International Crisis Group’s Balkans Project Director told Voice of America on Monday (March 14th). He was discussing
Read More »Catherine Ashton: Bosnia needs to address EU-related reforms urgently
Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, and Stefan Füle, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, made today the following statement: “We are deeply concerned about the continued lack of progress in the government
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