Eurasia Press & News
Leaders from the 12 nations in the Black Sea Economic Co-operation (BSEC) organisation gathered in Istanbul on Monday (June 25th) to mark the group’s 15th anniversary at a one-day summit, hosted by Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
Read More »Serbian Parliament approves 2007 budget
The Serbian Parliament adopted a national budget for 2007 late on Friday (June 22nd). Lawmakers from the ruling coalition voted to collect 7.1 billion euros in taxes and spend 7.3 billion euros.
Read More »Zagreb summit highlights regional energy co-operation
Southeast European countries should co-operate to form a regional energy market, with financial and technical assistance from the EU and Russia, participants at a Southeast European energy forum in Zagreb agreed on Sunday (June 24th).
Read More »New data released on victims of BiH conflict
A Sarajevo-based NGO that has been compiling a database of victims killed during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) released the results last week, after three years of data collection.
Read More »Davis says war crimes co-operation is Serbia’s main obligation to CoE
Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary-General Terry Davis said full co-operation with UN war crimes tribunal remains Serbia’s main obligation as a member of the CoE, in an interview with Glas javnosti published on Saturday (June 23rd).
Read More »Relatives of war crimes fugitives added to EU blacklist
The EU Council has added 15 new names to its blacklist of individuals banned from entering or travelling through EU member countries.
Read More »Italian prosecutors to charge former Montenegrin officials with cigarette smuggling
PODGORICA, Montenegro — Prosecutors in the Italian town of Bari reportedly have completed a preliminary probe into cigarette smuggling and will seek court proceedings against former Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, former Finance Minister Miroslav Ivanisevic and Montenegro’s former trade attaché to Italy, Dusanka Pesic-Jeknic.
Read More »Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Romania welcome new EU treaty deal
The four Balkan members of the EU — Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece and Romania — issued separate statements welcoming Saturday’s (June 23rd) draft agreement on the outline of a new EU treaty.
Read More »EP president says EU remains committed to resolving medics’ case in Libya
European Parliament (EP) President Hans-Gert Poettering said Friday (June 22nd) that the EU remains committed to resolving the case of six medics – five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who has been granted Bulgarian citizenship – who face death sentences in Libya for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with …
Read More »No progress on new Kosovo resolution at UN Security Council, Russia to skip consultations Monday
The ambassadors of countries on the UN Security Council failed to agree on a new draft resolution on Kosovo, presented by the EU members and the United States, during closed-door talks Friday (June 22nd).
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