Bulgaria’s President, Georgi Parvanov, said Saturday he was not going to approve the recall of the country’s Ambassadors to the USA and Turkey. “I am not convinced that these two diplomats are guilty,” Parvanov said. Earlier this week the Bulgarian government approved the recall of the Ambassadors to Turkey and …
Read More »Bosnian Impasse Over ‘Dayton Two’
With a clear absence of political will on the part of Bosnia’s leaders, US and EU officials recently initiated, organized and led (failed) talks on reforming the country’s constitution – a much needed measure to move it out of political deadlock and closer to EU membership, Anes Alic writes for …
Read More »Dogodine sedam miliona manje u državnoj kasi
Vijeće ministara BiH utvrdilo je jučer Nacrt budžeta BiH za 2010. godinu, koji je za oko sedam miliona KM manji od ovogodišnjeg. Nacrt je usvojen većinom glasova. Protiv su bili Selmo Cikotić i Safet Halilović, ministri odbrane, odnosno ljudskih prava i izbjeglica BiH. “Nacrt budžeta je usklađen s budžetskim okvirom …
Read More »Serbian, Cypriot FMs on Kosovo, EU
Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will pay a one-day visit to Cyprus on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said. Jeremić will meet with President Dimitris Christofias, President of the House of Representatives Marios Karoyian and Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou, it was announced.
Read More »Macedonia’s government holds session on EU integration
Macedonian government will hold session to review issues related to EU integration. Macedonia expects negotiation date for EU membership from EU Council on December 7.
Read More »Serbia charges six for 1992 killings in Bosnia
Serbia’s war crimes prosecutor has charged six former Serb fighters over their alleged roles in killing, rape and torture of Roma civilians in eastern Bosnia during the 1992-95 war, a statement said Friday.
Read More »KFOR military exercise in Kosovo closes
This is the second day of KFOR regular military exercise organized in the north of Kosovo, media report. The exercise titled Strong Gate was organized together with EULEX and Kosovo Police. The goal is to establish cooperation between KFOR Tactical North and the Operative Reserve troops.
Read More »IMF Delays Romania Funds Due to Political Instability
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has delayed disbursing an aid tranche to Romania originally scheduled for next month and will resume talks on a standby loan agreement only when the country has a government. “The IMF will come to Bucharest again as soon as there will be a legitimate government …
Read More »Balkan Visa Free Regime May Start Earlier
EU ambassadors proposed on Thursday to abolish the visa regime for citizens of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia as of 19 December this year instead of 1 January, 2010 as earlier proposed by the European Commission, media report. Serbia’s Beta news agency reports that this proposal, made by the EU’s permanent …
Read More »Macedonia, Kosovo Open Embassies
Macedonia and Kosovo will soon appoint ambassadors to their respective capitals, the foreign ministers of both countries said in a press conference in Skopje. “Today’s meeting opens a new page in Macedonia-Kosovo relations. I believe this will be of benefit not only for the two countries, but also for the …
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