Eurasia Press & News
Bosnian Serb leaders have shrugged off the latest criticism from the international community’s top envoy to Bosnia and Herzegovina as “incorrect and generic.” “People in the Office of the High Representative, OHR, think that their opinions are imperative and that they should remain in Bosnia and Herzegovina but we will …
Read More »Serbia Eyes Montenegro Citizen Deal ‘Soon’
Serbia’s Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says he hopes the negotiations on dual citizenship with Montenegro will be concluded in the coming days, and a deal will be signed soon. “I expect a compromise agreement on dual citizenship with Montenegro, which would recognise dual citizenship for all those who gained the …
Read More »Foes in Romanian Governing Coalition Talks
Romania’s leftist Social Democratic Party, PSD, decided on Monday to start negotiations with its arch-foes, the centre-right Democratic Party, PLD, in order to form a new government. “We were facing a difficult moment, as we decided to start discussions with our main political contenders. But it is in Romania’s interest …
Read More »Serb Officials Quiet on Mladic Home Raid
Given the lack of reactions in Belgrade, it is said that Thursday’s raid on the home of war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic’s son, was not as successful as expected. The Belgrade home was entered by special units of the Serbian police in the morning, which searched the home for eight …
Read More »Greeks riot for 3rd day amid anti-government furor
ATHENS (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters clashed with police for a third day in several Greek cities in riots fueled by growing economic hardship and triggered by the shooting of a teenager on Saturday night. Police chased rioters with tear gas in Thessaloniki and clashes were reported in Crete, Corfu …
Read More »Strike to halt all Greece flights on Wednesday
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek flights will be grounded on Wednesday as air traffic controllers walk out for one day to join a general strike over labor reforms and the government’s economic policies, union officials said. “All flights from and to Greek airports will be halted and only emergency flights will …
Read More »Students clash with police in Greece: reports
ATHENS (Reuters) – Hundreds of students clashed with police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Monday in a third day of rioting since police shot dead a teenage boy in Athens at the weekend, state television reported. Thousands clashed with police and rampaged through Athens and other cities …
Read More »Macedonia sees no quick end to NATO row with Greece
BERLIN (Reuters) – Macedonia expects the International Court of Justice to take at least three years to rule on its dispute with Greece over its membership of NATO, Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki told Reuters Sunday. Macedonia filed a lawsuit against Greece last month at the Court in the Hague accusing …
Read More »28°C Recorded in Bulgaria Town in December
Sofia – The town of Veliko Tarnovo in northern Bulgaria registered a record high temperature of 28.6 degrees Celsius on December 4. Daytime temperatures across Bulgaria on Thursday shot above 20 degrees. It was warmest in Veliko Tarnovo, in central Bulgaria, with an incredible 28.6 degrees Celsius.
Read More »Bosnian TV Station Hit in Bomb Attack
Sarajevo – An explosive device has been thrown at a local Bosnian broadcaster, Independent Television NTV Hayat, although there were no injuries and only minor damage. The attack took place Thursday night, at the time when there was no staff but only a night guard. Local police, who protected the …
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