Eurasia Press & News
The Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) parliamentary group in the Council of Peoples of the Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska has raised a question about the protection of their vital national interest in the formation of the entity’s new cabinet. The Bosniak parliamentary group has vetoed a decision to appoint the new …
Read More »Bosnians to be Hit Hard by Response to Financial Crisis as Price Rises and Tax Hikes Eat Away at Meager Salaries
Bosnian officials are keen to impress upon the public that the financial crisis is in receding; however, statistics tell a different story for 2011 – a new year that is likely to be a more financially trying one for the citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina. As of first day of the year, …
Read More »Bosnian Nationalists Consider Govt Formation Meeting, Moderates Opt Out
Later this week, Bosnia’s ethnonationalist Bosniak Democratic Party of Action (SDA) will have to decide whether it will take part in a meeting to discuss the formation of a new central government following 3 October general elections. The meeting, which is scheduled to take place on 10 January, was called …
Read More »Dodik Threatens to Sue Ashdown in Another Political Opportunity Trick Meant for the Stage (Members Only)
Milorad Dodik, president of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska, has announced that he will begin legal proceedings against former High Representative to Bosnia, British diplomat Paddy Ashdown. According to the outspoken Dodik, who enjoys the spotlight, Ashdown will be sued before the UK court by early February for his “arrogant …
Read More »Swiss Outraged at Kosovo PM’s Nazi Propaganda Comments
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has likened the recently leaked Council of Europe report – which accuses Thaci of leading an organized crime network smuggling everything from weapons and drugs to human organs harvested from kidnapped Serbs – to Nazi-style propaganda, and its author, Swiss Senator Dick Marty to Joseph …
Read More »The Netherlands supports Bulgaria’s Schengen accession
The Netherlands has a positive attitude towards Bulgaria’s efforts to cover the Schengen accession criteria. “We recognize and welcome the efforts put bu Bulgaria into carrying out the reforms necessary
Read More »Greece wants to build a wall along Turkish border to stop illegal immigration
The Greek government is contemplating the construction of a 206-km-long wall that will stretch along the entire land-border with Turkey, in an attempt to stop illegal immigration.
Read More »Kosovo PM Compares CoE Report Accusing Him of Smuggling to Nazi Propaganda (Members Only)
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has likened the recently leaked Council of Europe report – which accuses Thaci of leading an organized crime network smuggling everything from weapons and drugs to human organs harvested from kidnapped Serbs – to Nazi-style propaganda, and its author, Swiss Senator Dick Marty to Joseph …
Read More »Outgoing Kosovo Albanian interior minister Bajram Redzepi: Northern Kosovo will not be subject of talks
Outgoing Kosovo Albanian Interior Minister Bajram Redzepi says that northern Kosovo will not be on the agenda of the Belgrade-Priština talks. He told local newspapers that “the problem of the north cannot be solved in one year and that it requires a long-term approach”. “I will insist that the north …
Read More »Serbia hopes to receive EU candidate status in 2011
Serbia expects to receive EU candidate status by the end of 2011, according to the country’s Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic. Serbian PM is also positive that his country will obtain a date for starting accession negotiations by the end of this year. “If we use this year in the properly …
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