Balkans

Russia approves credit for Serbia

Russia will make a credit of USD 200mn accessible to Serbia at the beginning of next year, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Pankin said. He told Russian news agency Interfax that the credit agreement could be signed by the end of the year. He reminded that the negotiations with the …

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Croatia “to join EU in 2012”

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor confirmed that the EU will begin putting together the Accession Treaty for Zagreb on Monday. She said that it is looking more and more likely that Croatia will join the European Union in 2012. Kosor confirmed that Croatia expects that the EU Ministers will support …

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Bulgaria ready to participate in both South Stream and Nabucco

Bulgaria is prepared to participate in both the South Stream and Nabucco gas line projects, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said adding that the one that would start earlier would be the one to be joined first, without giving up the other. “Nabucco” is a priority of the European Union …

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Špirić zatražio smjenu Halilovića

Nikola Špirić, predsjedavajući Savjeta ministara BiH, zatražio je juče od parlamenta BiH da razriješi dužnosti Safeta Halilovića, ministra za ljudska prava i izbjeglice BiH, jer je “četiri mjeseca kočio proceduru u vezi sa ratifikacijom Konvencije UN-a o pravima lica sa invaliditetom”. “Danas sam od Parlamentarne skupštine BiH zatražio njegovo razrješenje …

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EU i SAD neće odustati od pomoći bh. liderima

SAD i EU neće odustati od podrške domaćim liderima da ispune uslove za pomak BiH ka članstvu u EU i NATO-u, iako preksinoć u pregovorima o reformi Ustava BiH željeni napredak nije postignut. Poručio je to jučer zamjenik američkog državnog sekretara Džejms Stajnberg po okončanju odvojenih sastanaka s liderima sedam …

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Sejdiu, Thaci call for “preservation of peace”

Kosovo president and prime minister Fatmir Sejdiu and Hashim Thaci called on Kosovo residents to maintain peace. They also invited them to have faith in the “effective rule of law and investigations of crimes”. “Local legislative institutions and EULEX, within the authorities they have, will take all needed measures to …

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Albania’s Socialists urge Berisha to open ballot boxes or step down

Albania’s opposition Socialist Party is set to launch fresh protests Friday to demand either recount the vote in a controversial June election or hold another. Socialist Party leader Edi Rama accused Prime Minister Sali Berisha of the Democratic Party of rigging the parliamentary elections. The Socialists lost to PM Sali …

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