Eurasia Press & News
Ukoliko se pitanje ukidanja viza bh. građanima s tehničkog prebaci na političko polje, moguća je i odgoda primjene odluke o liberalizaciji viza za postizborni period, kaže Samir Rizvo, šef interresorne radne grupe BiH za liberalizaciju viznog režima. Rizvo, ipak, vjeruje da će Evropska komisija građanima BiH ukinuti vize već u …
Read More »Lijekovi
Građani Sarajeva, prihvati li Vlada Kantona Sarajevo prijedlog Zavoda za zdravstveno osiguranje, od početka narednog mjeseca mogli bi sami birati lijekove s esencijalne liste. Građanima bi bilo omogućeno da, uz minimalnu doplatu, umjesto lijeka koji im je propisan na receptu, mogu uzeti drugi lijek koji smatraju boljim. Vlasti računaju da …
Read More »Former Greek FM spokesperson George Kumucakos to visit Macedonia
EP and former Greek Foreign Ministry spokesperson George Kumucakos will arrive on a working visit to Skopje on Thursday, as a member of EU mixed parliamentary committee. The EU mixed parliamentary committee will hold a session on February 18-19 in Skopje. The committee holds this meeting regularly in order to …
Read More »Russia wants explanation from Bulgaria over US missile shield
Russia is waiting for Bulgaria to explain its intention to join a new US missile defence system in Europe which came as an unwelcome surprise to Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday.
Read More »Balkan interior ministers agree to boost co-operation
Crotian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor on Friday (February 12th) said that a successful fight against organised crime requires close and lasting co-operation between police across the region. Opening the fourth meeting of interior ministers from the six former Yugoslav republics in Zagreb, Kosor said that without joint efforts against organised …
Read More »ICTY rejects Karadzic appeal against court-appointed lawyer
The Hague war crimes tribunal (ICTY) on Friday (February 12th) rejected an appeal of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to fire his court-appointed lawyer. According to the court, the appointment did not violate the legal rights of the defendant. The ICTY appointed British lawyer Richard Harvey to represent Karadzic …
Read More »Papandreou accuses EU of using Greece as scapegoat for bigger economic problems
Prime Minister George Papandreou on Friday (February 12th) accused the bloc of using Greece as a scapegoat to hide the 27-member group’s own failures. Speaking at a government session only a day after the EU leaders agreed to help Greece deal with its financial woes, Papandreou stressed that because of …
Read More »CoE’s Hammarberg says Kosovo repatriation must stop
Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg on Friday (February 12th) urged EU member states to stop the forced repatriation of Kosovo citizens, arguing that this only worsens the economic situation. “Kosovo is not ready to receive a larger scale of people returning from other countries at …
Read More »“Spain does not support Feith plan”
Spanish ambassador to Serbia Inigo de Palacio Espana said that Madrid does not support the plan for the integration of northern Kosovo. Commenting on media speculation that suggests that Spain supports the plan of the International Civil Office (ICO) in Kosovo Chief Pieter Feith for the integration of northern Kosovo …
Read More »Kulata checkpoint closed for all vehicles
Kulata checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Greek border is closed for all types of vehicles, the official on duty in Blagoevgrad District Police Directorate said. The checkpoint was again closed for all vehicles at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. There is no information when it will be opened.
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