13 November 2008 Tirana – Ten lawmakers from Albania’s smaller parliamentary parties are continuing the hunger strike they began on Monday in the parliament building to protest against proposed changes to the electoral code.
Read More »Croatian Officials Call for ‘New Deal’
13 November 2008 Zagreb – Croatian President Stjepan Mesic and Prime Minister Ivo Sanader called for what media have dubbed “a Croatian New Deal”, a national strategy to battle the country’s economic crisis.
Read More »Surroi: ‘Kosovo’s reaction very late’
13 November 2008 Pristina – Veton Surroi, leader of the Reformist Party, ORA, has described Pristina’s rejection of the United Nation’s six-point plan as very late and incomplete.
Read More »Skopje Celebrates Anniversary of Liberation
13 November 2008 Skopje – The Macedonian capital Skopje on Thursday marks the 64th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi occupation during World War Two.
Read More »Bosnian Serb Government Cuts Ministers’ Salaries
13 November 2008 Sarajevo – The government of the Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska has cut minister’s salaries and introduced savings in the rest of the administration as part of a plan to re-allocate resources for increased social support.
Read More »No Political Motive in Macedonia Killing
13 November 2008 Skopje – There was no political motive for the killing of Redza Zulkani, the brother-in-law of Menduh Thaci, the leader of the main opposition ethnic Albanian party in Macedonia, police say.
Read More »Serbian Agents Probe Financing of War Crimes Fugitives
12 November 2008 Belgrade – Serbian police have been checking several private business enterprises in the capital over the past week in an apparent attempt to cut off financial support to war crimes fugitives Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic, a security agency official told Balkan Insight.
Read More »Greece Responds to UN Name Proposal
12 November 2008 Skopje – Greece has handed back to the UN its reply to latest set of proposals drawn up by the UN’s negotiator Matthew Nimitz aimed at finding a solution to the dispute, the Greek daily To Vima reported.
Read More »Thaci Maintains Stance on UN in Kosovo
12 November 2008 Pristina – Kosovo’s Prime Minister on Wednesday maintained his position that his government cannot accept the six point plan for the future of the UN Mission in Kosovo.
Read More »Kaidanow: UN Plan in Kosovo’s Interest
12 November 2008 Pristina – The US Ambassador to Kosovo has said that the six-point plan will benefit Kosovo.
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