Balkans

Macedonian parties agree on parliamentary committee

Representatives of the ruling party and the opposition agreed Monday (July 19th) to form an inquiry committee that will investigate an incident in parliament on July 1st. The committee will be chaired by Hajrula Misini of the Democratic Union for Integration and will be composed of two representatives of the …

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Karadzic wants documents from Croatia

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has sent a letter to the Croatian government seeking co-operation over documents related to arms smuggling during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict, the UN war crimes tribunal announced on Monday (July 19th). Karadzic wants to use the documents as part of his defence at The …

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Marko Boškić osuđen na 10 godina zatvora

SARAJEVO Sud BiH osudio je u ponedjeljak Marka Boškića, pripadnika nekadašnjeg Desetog diverzantskog odreda Vojske RS, na deset godina zatvora zbog ratnih zločina počinjenih 1995. godine u Srebrenici. Boškić je sklopio sporazum s Tužilaštvom BiH o priznanju krivnje koji je Sud prihvatio te ga osudio na jedinstvenu zatvrsku kaznu od …

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Naoružavanje obavještajaca

Obavještajna agencija BiH sebi ponovo pokušava priskrbiti policijske ovlasti. Uznemirenost javnosti nakon terorističkog napada u Bugojnu i glasne zahtjeve za oštar odgovor države na terorističke napade pokušali su iskoristiti da na mala vrata proguraju izmjene Zakona o OSA, kojim bi im se dale policijske ovlasti. Preko Kabineta ministra sigurnosti BiH …

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Greece PM set to talk Bulgaria’s Borisov into oil pipeline project

Greece’s prime minister is planning a diplomatic initiative in order to “revive” the stalled Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project in which his country is a partner together with Bulgaria and Russia, media reports say. George Papandreou, the Greek prime minister, is expected to pay a visit to the Bulgarian capital Sofia …

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New Kosovo municipality elects mayor

The recently created municipality of Partesh/Partes chose its first mayor Sunday. Nenad Cvetkovic, of the Zavicaj association, grabbed 58% of the votes, beating Todor Mirkovic of the United Serbian List. Turnout was 55%. International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith

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