Eurasia Press & News
Officials from the European Commission (EC), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will arrive in Bulgaria 18 February to examine the country’s readiness to join ERM II, the so-called Eurozone waiting room.
Read More »Macedonia Committed to EU and NATO Future
There is no alternative to Macedonia’s EU and NATO future, Macedonian President Georgi Ivanov said Sunday after the completion of the Munich Security Conference. While the name row with Greece hampers this perspective, he said his country was doing everything in its power to overcome the obstacle.
Read More »BiH court sentences two Bosnian Serbs for war crimes
The BiH Court on Friday (February 5th) convicted defendants Predrag Bastah and Goran Viskovic of crimes against humanity, sentencing them to 22 and 18 years in prison respectively. According to the indictment, Bastah, who was a police reservist in a public security station in Vlasenica, and Viskovic, who was a …
Read More »Catherine Ashton wants all Western Balkan countries making progress
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Saturday (February 6th) that she would like all Western Balkan countries to be successful on their paths to EU integration. Speaking at a security conference in Munich, Ashton said progress depends on the pace of reforms, and that some countries are performing …
Read More »New Hague Indictment Against Seselj
The Hague Prosecution has filed a new indictment against Vojislav Seselj for contempt of the Tribunal. For a second time, Seselj has been indicted for disclosing names of protected witnesses in one of his books. According the latest indictment, Seselj disclosed the names, occupations and residences of 11 witnesses. The …
Read More »Momčilo Mandić oslobođen odgovornosti za ratne zločine
SARAJEVO Apelaciono vijeće Suda BiH potvrdilo je jučer prvostepenu presudu ovog suda kojom je ranije Momčilo Mandić oslobođen odgovornosti za ratne zločine i zločine protiv čovječnosti. Momčilo Mandić, bivši ministar pravde RS, bio je optužen za ratne zločine počinjene u KPZ Foča, Butmir i Planjina kuća. “Sud BiH je, nakon …
Read More »Ukinuli nezavisnost državnih revizora
Vijeće ministara i bh. parlament pretvorili su Ured za reviziju institucija BiH u upravnu organizaciju, čime je ukinuta nezavisnost ove institucije. Tvrdi ovo Milenko Šego, glavni revizor Ureda za reviziju bh. institucija. Ministarstvo pravde BiH predložilo je, a Vijeće ministara i parlament BiH usvojili su izmjene Zakona o ministarstvima i …
Read More »Russia: Serbia will have to recognize Kosovo if joins NATO
Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin warned Serbia that if Serbia joins NATO that means that Serbia will have to recognize Kosovo independence. He said that Russia’s relation to other countries depends on whether they are NATO members on not. Ambassador Konuzin pointed out that if Serbia continues to insist …
Read More »Macedonian parliament adopts Srebrenica resolution
The Macedonian parliament adopted a declaration of support to the European parliament (EP) Srebrenica Genocide Resolution of January 15, 2010. The Resolution condemns the massacre in 1995 in Srebrenica.
Read More »OSCE debates situation in Kosovo
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo intends to monitor the influence that the KFOR reduction is going to have on Kosovo communities. This is according to Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Werner Almhofer, who spoke id in Vienna on Thursday. Submitting his six-month report on the Mission’s activities to …
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