Balkans

Slovenia Calls Referendum on Croatia Deal

Slovenia’s ruling coalition parties have joined opposition parties in calling for a referendum on a border deal agreed with Croatia. The four ruling parties as well as Prime Minister Borut Pahor and President Danilo Turk have decided to support the opposition initiative and said on Tuesday they will only ratify …

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Walking and Baking for War Criminals

The release of Bosnian Serb war criminal Biljana Plavsic for old age and ‘good behavior’ is an embarrassment to international justice, especially with the self admission that her genocidal remorse was staged, Anes Alic comments for ISN Security Watch. The early release of convicted war criminal Biljana Plavsic and the …

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Obavještajcima isplaćeno oko 165.000 KM

Nezakonito otpuštenim djelatnicima Obavještajno-sigurnosne agencije BiH (OSA) u zadnje četiri godine isplaćeno je oko 165.000 KM iz dražavnog budžeta na osnovu pravosnažnih sudskih presuda, kaže Dragica Miletić, pravobraniteljica BiH. “Od osnivanja OSA do danas imali smo osam postupaka u kojima je pravnosnažnim sudskim presudama dosuđena isplata ukupno 165.261 KM. Imali …

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Croatia will support Macedonia’s EU integration

Croatia is NATO member state and is step before entering EU and therefore will support Macedonia’s EU integration, Croatia’s PM Jadranka Kosor said. Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski and Croatian PM Jadranka Kosor had an open discussion on EU integration, sharing information, discussing the economic cooperation as well as the minority …

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EU urges surpassing political crisis in Albania

The Ambassadors of EU member states in Tirana urge a solution and a compromise for stopping the boycott of the opposition in the Parliament. Western officials send this message yesterday at the 20th anniversary of Berlin wall, in addition to the coming opposition meeting November 20.

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Relations between Macedonia and Croatia excellent say Nikola Gruevski and Jadranka Kosor

Relations between Macedonia and Croatia are excellent with no pending issues, Prime Ministers Nikola Gruevski and Jadranka Kosor concluded at the meeting held today. Croatia’s Prime Minister is on a visit to Macedonia. The two Prime Ministers stated that Macedonia and Croatia are both following their way of EU integration. …

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Serb Minister Appeals to Kosovo Serb Loyalties

Serbia’s Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic said that Serbs who plan to vote in Kosovo’s local elections this Sunday should ask themselves whether they are helping Belgrade ”save” Kosovo by doing so. Bogdanovic said that: ”Those Serbs who would take part in the elections should ask themselves whether they are …

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Bulgaria Parties Threaten President’s Impeachment

Former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov’s Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, DSB, has clubbed together with the far-right Ataka party, threatening to call for impeachment of Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov. Kosovo, whose party is part of the coalition supporting the current right-of-centre GERB party, said his party would back an impeachment procedure …

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Karadzic Trial Part of Belgrade Strategy to Obstruct

Sonja Biserko said that she believes that Radovan Karadzic’s tactic to prolong his trial is part of a strategy from Belgrade to obstruct the War Crime Tribunal’s work. Sonja Biserko, director of the Helsinki Committee in Serbia, believes that the work of the Hague Tribunal has had almost no effect …

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