Eurasia Press & News
Kosovo leaders along with authorities from the US Embassy will be planting chestnut trees in Pristina’s city park today, to mark ‘International Earth day’. Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Pristina, Thomas Yazgerdi, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu, Minister of Environment and Spatial …
Read More »Poll: Bulgarians Worried About Economic Crisis
Bulgarians are becoming seriously concerned about the ongoing economic and financial crisis, according to a survey administered by the Open Society Institute in Sofia, the Dnevnik daily reported Wednesday. The survey was administered in March and April this year and revealed that since last October, the share of people who …
Read More »EU says Turkish Cypriot election results should not affect reunification talks
BRUSSELS, Belgium The EU issued a statement Monday (April 20th) saying the hard-line National Unity Party’s (UBP) victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) should not impact ongoing reunification talks with Greek Cypriots. “We do not think that the outcome of the elections …
Read More »Turkish court merges Ergenekon, Council of State attack cases
ANKARA, Turkey A court decided on Monday (April 20th) to merge the case involving a deadly 2006 attack on judges from the country’s top administrative court with the ongoing Ergenekon investigation. On May 17th 2006, a gunman stormed into the Council of State in Ankara, killing a senior judge and …
Read More »Belgium maintains labour restrictions on Romanians, Bulgarians
BRUSSELS, Belgium The government announced on Monday (April 20th) it has decided to maintain labour restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian workers. It will lift the restrictions on eight new EU member states, but the newest — Bulgaria and Romania — are not among them, the government said.
Read More »No date announced for return of customs officials to northern Kosovo
PRISTINA, Kosovo Officials have again failed to provide a date when customs officials will return to northern points at the border with Serbia. During a meeting Monday (April 20th) with the head of the Customs Administration, Naim Huruglica and police chief Sheremet Ahmeti, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci promised that the …
Read More »Croatian cabinet submits answer to Rehn’s proposal
AGREB, Croatia Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic announced on Monday (April 20th) that Croatia has submitted its response to a proposal by EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn for resolving the country’s border conflict with Slovenia.
Read More »Bulgaria weighs stronger measures against abductions
SOFIA, Bulgaria Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev has requested legislative amendments regarding abductions, Interior Minister Mihail Mikov announced on Monday (April 20th) after an emergency meeting between Stanishev and ministry officials.
Read More »Zagreb concerned over alleged involvement of Croats in plot to kill Bolivian president
ZAGREB, Croatia Government officials are concerned over the alleged involvement of two Croat-Bolivians in an assassination plot against Bolivian President Evo Morales, local and Serbian media reported on Monday (April 20th). The plot emerged in the news late last week, when Morales said five members of a gang of mercenaries, …
Read More »Energy minister to represent Russia at conference in Bulgaria
MOSCOW, April 22 – Bulgarian Premier Sergei Stanishev will visit Moscow on April 27 and will meet with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the Russian premier’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters. He said, “Stanishev’s visit to Moscow is scheduled for April 27 to be used for discussion of bilateral …
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