Eurasia Press & News
Macedonia’s Democratic Party of Albanians, whose activists were blamed for violence and fraud at last June’s general election, has accused the government of targetting its members for selective punishment, while ignoring the actions of their rival, the Democratic Union for Integration. TheWest wants Macedonia to punish the perpetrators of the …
Read More »Albanian Escapes Greek Jail In Chopper, Again
An Albanian convict and the Greek ringleader of his gang escaped from an Athens high security prison using a helicopter for the second time in three years, one day before they were due to appear in court. In a prison break worthy of a Hollywood action movie, Alket Rizai and …
Read More »Bosnia Anthem Gets Lyrics After 10 Years
After near 10 years of interethnic deliberations, a commission has agreed on the text of Bosnia’s national anthem. The melody of the Bosnian national anthem was adopted in June 1999, but politicians were unable to agree over its text. The new anthem, with both melody and lyrics, was performed for …
Read More »Macedonia PM Slams Greece, Athens Rebuffs
Greece decided to block Macedonia’s NATO accession a year before the April 2008 Bucharest summit but kept its intentions secret, Macedonia PM Nikola Gruevski said on Friday, adding fuel to the fire sparked by reports of a controversial statement by Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis. Athens has denied the statement …
Read More »New Status Conference In Karadzic Case
“Due to the fact that the Defence team has not been formed”, Radovan Karadzic said he cannot respond to the Hague Prosecution’s proposal to reinstate the Susica incident into the indictment. At a status conference the Hague Tribunal Chamber ordered Radovan Karadzic to respond to the Hague Prosecution’s motion requesting …
Read More »Russia Won’t Recognise Kosovo- Lavrov
Russia will not recognise Kosovo as an independent and sovereign country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday, in response to statements by Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci that the Kremlin would eventually accept Kosovo’s secession from Serbia and recognise it as independent. “Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci mistakes …
Read More »Bosnia Fraud Probe Triggers Political Clashes
Bosnia’s State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, has pressed charges for fraud and misuse of public funds against the Premier of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik and several other Bosnian Serb senior officials. The move, apparently done outside the usual legal channels and standard criminal procedures, …
Read More »Serbia Closer To Mladic, Hadzic – Prosecutor
Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic says Belgrade authorities are closing in on Hague war crime fugitives Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic each day, while especially Mladic’s arrest could come this year. In an interview with Serbian daily Danas, Vukcevic said authorities were checking every bit of information that came …
Read More »“Kosovo Serbs Warming To Ahtisaari Plan” -ICO
Serb inhabitants of the flashpoint town of Mitrovica have apparently reacted positively to partsof the “Ahtisaari Plan” that aim to create a multiethnic society in Kosovo, said David Slinn, Mitrovica representative of the International Civilian Office, ICO. The ICO’ brief is to support implementation of all status settlements that initiated …
Read More »Ahtisaari Keen On Croatia- Slovenia Mediation
Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari would be ready to chair a working group aiming to settle an 18-year border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia, enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn confirmed. “Ahtisaari would be in principle ready to chair this group, but for the group to set up we need agreement …
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