Eurasia Press & News
Bosnia’s constitution discriminates against Jews and Roma by barring them from running for parliament and presidency based on their ethnic identity, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. The Strasbourg-based court issued its binding decision in response to a complaint filed by Dervo Sejdic, an official of an …
Read More »Serb Official to Quit if Mladic Remains Free
The Coordinator of Serbia’s Action Team for locating and arresting Hague indictees, Rasim Ljajic, has repeated earlier warnings that he will resign if the number-one war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic is not arrested by the end of this year. Ljajic said he must bear responsibility for having said that the …
Read More »Tadić: Candidate status in 2010
President Boris Tadić said in Stockholm on Tuesday that he expects Serbia to become a candidate for European Union membership next year. At a reception organized in his honor by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Tadić said that Serbia will be a positive surprise to Europe in the coming year, …
Read More »Kosovo’s Serbs on historic trip to Albania
A delegation of Serbian representatives of Kosovo institutions has embarked on a historic trip to Albania upon an invitation of the government in Tirana. Kosovo Serb delegation, led by Slobodan Petrovic, Member of Kosovo Assembly Presidency, met with Albanian Foreign Minister Ilir Meta on Tuesday.
Read More »OHR popisao državnu imovinu
Ured visokog predstavnika međunarodne zajednice završio je popis državne imovine, a politički dogovor o njenoj raspodjeli i vlasništvu odgovornost je domaćih političkih lidera, izjavio je Valentin Incko, visoki predstavnik, prilikom jučerašnje prezentacije baze podataka o državnoj imovini. “Naš tim napravio je popis imovine koju je BiH dobila sukcesijom SFRJ i …
Read More »Gruevski: Macedonia Ruling Coalition Doing Well
Macedonian Prime Minister and leader of the main ruling party VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, said that he was satisfied with the functioning of the partnership between the VMRO-DPMNE and its junior partner, the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration, DUI. Gruevski said that communication with the DUI was “relatively good” and …
Read More »Vukčević, Marty on Kosovo organ trade case
Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević has meet with CoE Parliamentary Assembly Rapporteur Dick Marty in Zurich, Switzerland. Vukčević informed Marty about the latest findings of his office in the Kosovo organ trade case, the prosecution said in a statement in Belgrade on Tuesday.
Read More »Remarks by the HR/EUSR Valentin Inzko at the Cooperation project between Sarajevo Municipal Court and Banja Luka Basic Court
“I am extremely pleased to be here today to welcome and to reiterate my strong support to the cooperation project between the Municipal Court of Sarajevo and the Basic Court of Banja Luka. As I stated at your previous meeting of 9 of September, the relations these two courts have …
Read More »Papoulias responds to Ivanov’s letter
Greek President Karolos Papoulias has send his response to his Macedonian counterpart Gjorgje Ivanov and pointed out that he would come and visit Macedonia as soon as the name issue is settled. “I read your letter with great interest. Greece strongly supports the good neighborly relations with all neighboring countries, …
Read More »Serbia Coalition in Question After Budget Vote
Serbia’s ruling Democratic Party, DS, announced it might re-examine relations with its coalition partners after four deputies of an ethnic minority party, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, SVM, voted on Monday against the draft budget for next year. Parliament met on Monday to approve the draft bill. The SVM decided not …
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