Eurasia Press & News
The Netherlands has decided to keep restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian workers in its labour market until 2014.The agreement is the result of a political deal between Dutch parties reached before Monday, when they outlined their plans for government. The section dealing with immigration and integration says that restrictions on …
Read More »Deal in Athens
The Greek prime minister has worked out an agreement with the country’s creditors (EU, ECB and IMF) on the spending cuts Athens will have to make to ensure its future in the eurozone. “We concluded the negotiations on the [austerity] measures and on the draft [2013] budget,” reads a statement …
Read More »Bulgarian Socialists Won’t Make Coalition with Ruling Party
The Bulgarian Socialist Party will not enter into coalition with now-ruling GERB party, no matter what the outcome of summer 2013 general elections, stated socialist MP Boyko Velikov. At a press conference Tuesday, Velikov said that it is a standing position of the Socialist Party that a coalition with center-right …
Read More »Clinton: Bosnia risks being left behind on EU/NATO path
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Bosnia on Tuesday to overcome ethnic infighting and pursue constitutional reforms needed for any chance of joining NATO and the European Union. “If you do not make progress you will be left behind,” Clinton said at the start of a trip with EU …
Read More »Clinton Urges Bosnians To Put Quarrels Aside
The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and the EU’s Foreign Affairs High Representative, Catherine Ashton, urged Bosnia to move faster on reforms that will enable the country to join NATO and the EU.Hillary Clinton said that Bosnian leaders should overcome their differences and resolve problems in order for the …
Read More »General Perisic Appeals His ICTY Conviction
Momcilo Perisic, the most senior officer of the former Yugoslav Army to be convicted of war crimes, has appealed against his conviction by the Hague Tribunal, ICTY.General Perisic, who commanded the Yugoslav Army during the wars in Bosnia and Croatia, was jailed for 27 years by the Hague Tribunal, ICTY, …
Read More »Macedonia Albanians Hurl Amendments at Army Bill
n the latest twist over the controversial proposed army law, the ethnic Albanian party in government has filed over 15,000 proposed amendments aimed at preventing its adoption.The ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, overwhelmed Macedonia’s parliament on Monday with thousands of proposed amendments to a proposed law, creating mounds …
Read More »Montenegro’s Judiciary Improves Efficiency
Having reduced their backlog of cases to less than 4,000, the Montenegrin courts have improved their performance in comparison to previous years.Marking the Days of the Montenegrin Judiciary, the chairperson of Montenegro’s Supreme Court, Vesna Medenica, gave a speech in Budva on Monday where she praised the performance of the …
Read More »Macedonia Files Charges Over Skopje Killings
The organized crime prosecutor has filed charges against the six suspects for the five-fold murder on April 12 near Skopje.After six months of investigation, the organized crime prosecutor has filed criminal charges against the six men suspected of direct involvement in the murder of four youths and one adult near …
Read More »Bulgaria Leaders Say Judicial Reform Continuing
Bulgarian leaders on Monday aimed to reassure European judges that the country continues to pursue judicial reform.The president of the General Court of the European Union, Marc Jaeger, met with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Monday to discuss the progress of judicial reform in Bulgaria. Borisov assured Jaeger and …
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