Eurasia Press & News
Traditional Shrovetide festivities culminated after nearly two weeks of events taking place across the country with carnivals in numerous Slovenian towns. Slovenia’s biggest carnival took place in Ptuj, a town in north-eastern Slovenia with a rich cultural tradition that can be traced back to the Roman times when it was …
Read More »Vignettes Will Remain for Now
Slovenia will not keep the vignette tolling system for long, however, it will remain as long as a new, more sustainable and fair system of motorway tolling is found, Transport Minister Patrick Vlacic said. He added that the Slovenian Motorway Company DARS could be facing a deficit of between EUR …
Read More »Bosnian Serbs Told To Pay for Destroyed Mosques
The Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska and its biggest city of Banja Luka were ordered to pay 32.4 million euros to Bosnia’s Islamic Community as compensation for destroying 16 religious sites, including mosques and shrines, during the 1992-95 war. Banja Luka’s Main Court announced the first instance ruling on …
Read More »Macedonia Party Blames Govt for ‘Political Trials’
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, …
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