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Macedonia to hold early elections on June 5

Macedonia will hold early parliamentary elections on June 5. That is the proposal of the ruling party that would be submitted to the parliament. The country’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski stated earlier that Macedonia has no alternative except for holding early elections. Earlier leader of the opposition Social Democracy Union …

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Finland’s president in visit to Serbia

Finland’s President Tarja Halonen has arrived here for a two-day visit and is holding meetings with Serbia’s top officials. She was welcomed with a ceremony in front of the Palace of Serbia, and is meeting with SerbianPresident Boris Tadić. Finland’s President is also to meet Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković …

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The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) reaffirm support for Inzko

As foreign ambassadors reaffirm their support for the international administrator in Bosnia, Croat and Serb parties protest recent decisions on government formation. The Peace Implementation Council, PIC, a group of 55 countries and international organisations that sponsor and direct peace implementation process in Bosnia, indicated their support for High

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EU commissioner: Albania crisis can slow it’s EU progress

Top EU official Stefan Fule warned Albania’s feuding political parties on Wednesday that failure to resolve the nearly two-year long political crisis is stopping the country’s EU progress dead in its tracks. “If a solution is not found the [European] Commission will find it very hard to provide a positive …

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Serbian Deputy PM: reforms are mandatory to begin EU accession negotiations

Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić says that if necessary reforms are not implemented by September, Serbia will wait a year for the beginning for the EU accession negotiations. “Serbia has a huge reform program and now is the time to do things and not go to the elections,“ he pointed …

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Macedonian opposition will participate in elections

The leader of opposition Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) Branko Crvenkovski announced that his party would participate in the upcoming elections. “Nikola Gruevski (The Prime Minister) does not wish for a fair and democratic elections to take place. He wants no opposition at the elections, but we will not …

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Macedonian opposition seeks PM candidate

Skop Businessman Iliya Gechev from Kavadartsi is one of the names that would most likely be elected by Macedonia’s opposition for the Prime Ministerial post. The rest candidates are former minister for Euro Integration and former leader of the party of the Social Democracy Union of Macedonia (SDSM) Radmila Sekrerisnka …

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