Balkans

Macedonia, Germany to hold security conference

The conference cycle titled, “Ohrid talks“, which represent the continual bilateral meetings for exchange of opinions and experiences between representatives of Interior Ministries from Republic of Macedonia and German province of Brandenburg, is due to begin on Wednesday in Ohrid.

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ICTY to Deliver Final Verdict on Boskoski, Tarculovski

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, on Wednesday is set to deliver the final verdict in the case of former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskoski and police officer Johan Tarculovski. Boskoski and Tarculovski are the only people from Macedonia to be indicted by the UN war crimes …

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Bulgarian Nationalists Closer to Referendum on Turkey EU Accession

The Bulgarian nationalist party VMRO and its partner cable TV channel SKAT have collected 200 000 signatures in support of their demand for a nation-wide referendum on Turkey’s EU accession. The VMRO press center announced Tuesday that the signatures were collected in one month, and that the initiative of the …

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OSCE offers solution to Albanian political crisis

The OSCE office in Tirana announced on Monday (May 17th) that it has a compromise that would end the longstanding political crisis. Last week, OSCE Ambassador Robert Bosch said that a proposal had been presented to both the government and opposition Socialist Party (SP). While Prime Minister Sali Berisha has …

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Kosovo’s Prime Minister is happy with EULEX co-operation

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said on Monday (May 17th) that he is “very happy” with the ongoing co-operation between the government and the EULEX mission. Thaci met with EULEX chief Yves de Kermabon and the outgoing head of the mission’s justice component, Alberto Perduca, who praised the government’s commitment …

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Gruevski-Papandreou met in Madrid

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski met his Greek counterpart George Papandreou last evening in Madrid during the EU-LAC summit, the government informed. During the meeting, the two prime ministers discussed name issue and Greece’s financial crisis.

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Ne znaju šta će sa trostrukim ubicom

SARAJEVO Policija, sud i zdravstvene ustanove ne znaju gdje će, nakon što se probudi iz kome, biti smješten Nedim Fejzić, osumnjičeni za ubistvo tri i teško ozljeđivanje sedam osoba u blizini Visokog. Ne postoji specijalna pritvorska jedinica za osobe s psihičkim poremećajima koje su osumnjičene za teška krivična djela, kao …

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MMF zabranjuje povećanje rashoda

SARAJEVO Međunarodni monetarni fond (MMF) zatražio je u ponedjeljak od vlasti BiH da u narednoj godini rashode zadrže na ovogodišnjem nivou. Čelnici Vijeća ministara i entitetskih vlada na sjednici Fiskalnog vijeća BiH, kojoj su prisustvovali i predstavnici MMF-a, prihvatili su ovaj zahtjev, ali nisu postigli saglasnost o podjeli prihoda s …

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