Balkans

Macedonia will not be Blackmailed over Name, Says PM

Fully fledged membership of NATO and the European Union remains Macedonia’s top priority but the country will not accept blackmail from Greece in order to achieve these goals, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said. At a celebration of the 12th anniversary of his ruling VMRO-DPMNE party’s Union of Women, Gruevski said …

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Russia asks UN to Control International Judges in Bosnia

Moscow will ask the United Nations to control the work of international judges and prosecutores who are handling war crimes cases at Bosnia’s State Court after their mandate was recently extended by the top international envoy in the Balkan country. “Russia believes that the work of international jurists has to …

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Divided Bosnian City Finally Gets Mayor

A mayor has finally been elected to Bosnia’s ethnically divided city of Mostar after a 14-month political deadlock was broken by the top international envoy in the country, Valentin Inzko. Bosnian Croat Ljubo Beslic’s election to the post was made possible by Inzko’s decision last week to change the city …

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Budžeti

Budžeti skoro svih nivoa vlasti u BiH uz mnogo sreće bit će usvojeni posljednjeg dana u ovoj godini. Bit će to svojevrsno čudo jer dosad su vlasti budžete usvajale u trećem ili četvrtom mjesecu godine za koju se taj budžet i odnosi. Ove godine je situacija malo drugačija. Pritisnuti zahtjevima …

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Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov: “Lifting visas is a positive step”

Today is really a significant day for Macedonia, for its citizens and for the European Union, said Macedonian President in his welcome speech at Gyueshevo border checkpoint. In his words the Schengen barrier is falling apart. The spiritual barriers between us are also symbolically falling apart, he said.

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Bulgarian President arrives in Bansko

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov arrived in the winter resort Bansko. The delegation of Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov is expected to arrive. Police presence is stepped up in every crossing in Bansko. The tête-à-tête meeting between the two presidents is expected to kick off at 12.00 pm.

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Acting Moldovan President promises to guarantee observing rights of ethnical Bulgarians

The ethnical Bulgarians who live in Moldova are “an extra argument in favor of strengthening the relations between Moldovan-Bulgarian friendship in economic, social and cultural plan,” said acting Moldovan President and speaker of Moldovan Parliament Mihail Ghimpu at the meeting with Bulgarian Ambassador to the country Georgi Panayotov. According to …

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Taler: Macedonia to join EU in 2 to 3 years time

“I hope Macedonia to become EU member state in 2 to 3 years time. My mission will be completed and would be jobless”, Slovenian EP rapporteur on Macedonia Zoran Taler said, just few hours before the visa liberalization enters into effect. Both, Zoran Taler and Tanja Fajon met with Macedonian …

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