Eurasia Press & News
Following the surprise acquittal in The Hague of two Croatian Army generals, Serbia has launched a diplomatic battle against the decision before the UN and the International Court of Justice.Serbia has launched an international drive against the acquittal of Croatian army generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac by the UN …
Read More »Montenegro’s Deportation Verdict Criticised
Montenegro’s civil society organisations and its Bosniak community have condemned the acquittal of nine former police officers, charged with committing a war crime against refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992.The Bosniak community in Montenegro has fiercely criticised the verdict in the trial of nine policemen charged with deportation of …
Read More »Romania’s New Anti-Graft Prosecutors Blocked
Romania’s anti-graft drive risks delays after the business of naming new heads for the country’s main anti-corruption institutions hit an obstacle.Romania’s Superior Council of Magistrates, CSM, on Thursday rejected ministerial nominations for the posts of Chief Prosecutor and head of the National Anti-Corruptin Directorate, the DNA. The CSM, tasked with …
Read More »Several Kosovo Serb Policemen Under Investigation
The regional police command in Mitrovica, northern Kosovo, has launched an investigation after eight Kosovo Serb policemen refused to intervene during the interethnic clashes in Kroi i Vitakut / Brdjani on Thursday.The eight officers, all ethnic Serbs, disobeyed the order by their Kosovo Albanian superiors from the regional police command …
Read More »Bosnia Parliament Names New Ministers
Ruling coalition names two new ministers and a deputy minister on Thursday after the Party of Democratic Action, SDA, was forced into opposition.Bosnia’s State Parliament on November 22 named Fahrudin Radoncic as the new Security Minister, Zekerijah Osmic as Defence Minister and Edita Djapo as Deputy Finance Minister. All three …
Read More »Prosecution Slams Serbian MP Over Political Pressure
The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution says that an MP is endangering its independence by alleging that it did not prosecute organ trafficking claims in Kosovo in 1990s.Speaking this week at a parliamentary session, Milovan Drecun, the head of the parliamentary commission for Kosovo and Metohija, said that the Serbian War …
Read More »Bulgaria Confirms Bid for Full OECD Membership
Bulgaria confirmed Thursday its desire to become a full-fledged member of the OECD through a letter from Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. The letter was handed to OECD Secretary General Angel Guria by Bulgaria’s Ambassador to France Marin Raykov, according to the press office of Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry. Raykov emphasized Bulgaria’s …
Read More »Serb Leader Advocates Croat Unit in Bosnia
The leader of the Serb-dominated entity in Bosnia marked the 17th anniversary of the Dayton Accords by urging Bosnia’s transformation into confederation of three units, including a new entity for Croats.Milorad Dodik, president of Republika Srpska, the mainly Serbian entity in Bosnia, said the Dayton Accords of November 21, 1995 …
Read More »Komsic Sounds Out Bosnia Opposition Leftists
The Croat member of Bosnia’s state presidency, Zeljko Komsic, has met leaders of the opposition Nasa Stranka [Our Party] with a view to forming a joint bloc in the 2014 electionZeljko Komsic recently met leaders of Nasa Stranka [Our Party], a small left-oriented opposition party, to discuss campainging together in …
Read More »Kosovo Names Coordinator For Serbia Talks
Blerim Shala, an MP and the vice-president of an opposition party, has been appointed Kosovo’s Political Coordinator in the EU-led talks with Serbia.Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, on Thursday named Blerim Shala as the country’s political coordinator in the EU-led dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Shala’s appointment was publicised on Thursday …
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