Eurasia Press & News
Sjednice međudržavnih vijeća BiH i Srbije, odnosno BiH i Hrvatske vjerovatno neće biti održane do kraja mandata aktuelnog saziva Predsjedništva BiH zbog neslaganja unutar kolektivnog šefa države Bosne i Hercegovine. Predsjedavajući Predsjedništva BiH Haris Silajdžić protivi se održavanju sjednice Međudržavnog vijeća sa Srbijom, opravdavajući taj potez riječima da je Srbija …
Read More »NATO committee cancels Kosovo visit
NATO Military Committee Chairman Giampaolo di Paolo and Allied Joint Force Command Naples Commander Mark Fitzgerald will not be visitng Kosovo today. They were scheduled to meet with the KFOR commander, Gen. Markus Bentler, and chiefs of the Kosovo Security Forces (KSF), it was announced previously.
Read More »Turkish Republic of North Cyprus elected a president
The Sunday election inside the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of the North Cyprus were won by the prime minister Dervish Eroglu, the leader of the National Unity. After processing 98,5% of the voting bulletins, Eroglu got 50,4% from the votes and his main opponent present president, Mehmet Ali Talat got 42,8%. …
Read More »Serbian Parliament Speaker in trip to Bulgaria
Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović will arrive in Sofia today on a one-day visit to Bulgaria. There, she is due to met with the country’s top-ranking officials. Đukić-Dejanović is scheduled to meet with Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, as well as with Bulgaria’s Parliament Speaker Tsetska …
Read More »US Ambassador to Bulgaria: Missile Shield Will Be Discussed in Bulgaria
The US Ambassador to Bulgaria, James Warlick, has stated that the US missile shield will be discussed in Bulgaria over the coming years. “This is a very early stage of a process that will be discussed in NATO, Europe and Bulgaria in the coming years,” Warlick stated
Read More »Seselj Contempt of Court Trial to Resume at ICTY
Vojislav Seselj is scheduled to appear once again in the contempt of court case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY. The hearing is scheduled for April 20. Seselj, the leader of the Serb Radical Party, SRS, is currently on trial for war crimes committed in Bosnia …
Read More »Inzko says BiH’s visa liberalisation may be delayed
High Representative Valentin Inzko said on Saturday (April 17th) that BiH’s EU visa liberalisation process may be delayed by three or four months, beyond the summer timeframe. “Some were hoping, including myself, that this will happen on July 1st, in the beginning of the holiday season,” Inzko told Deutsche Welle. …
Read More »Papandreou says need for Greek aid package clarified within weeks
Within several weeks, the government will be able to say whether Greece will need the EU’s financial support to overcome its financial crisis, Prime Minister George Papandreou said in an interview with Newsweek on Saturday (April 17th). On Friday, he told
Read More »Hague: Karadzic no longer needs court-appointed lawyer
The UN war crimes tribunal announced on Friday (April 16th) it has decided to relieve the court appointed-lawyer of former Bosnian Serb wartime commander Radovan Karadzic of his duties, suggesting the defendant no longer needs his services. The court says Karadzic, who is conducting his own defence, is actively participating …
Read More »Hague to deliver Tarculovski ruling in May
The UN war crimes tribunal announced on Friday (April 16th) it will rule on an appeal by former Macedonian security official Johan Tarculovski on May 19th. He was given a 12-year sentence for a police attack on the Albanian-populated village of Ljuboten, near Skopje, during the 2001 conflict between Macedonia’s …
Read More »