BiH Muslim and Croatian victims of Bosnia’s war voiced outrage on Tuesday at the UN war crimes court’s decision to grant early release to a Bosnian Serb ex-president Blijana Plavsic. “It might be in line with international law, but it has nothing to do with justice,” said Murat Tahirovic, head …
Read More »Bulgaria may give Belene nuke project a chance
BULGARIA The Belene nuclear power project should be given a chance but without the state committing any taxpayers’ money, said Bulgarian energy minister Traycho Traykov. Speaking to Nova Television on Tuesday, he explained that the power station could be built without any commitments on the part of the Bulgarian government. …
Read More »Serbian Minister Says Visa Conditions Fulfilled
SERBIA Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says that Serbia has fulfilled all the conditions required for EU visa liberalisation, Fonet news agency reported on Tuesday. “I am sure that Serbia has met all the conditions and that a positive decision will be taken by the European Commission, EC, at the …
Read More »Western Envoys Defend Bosnian War Victims
BiH Three senior international envoys have strongly condemned Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik for accusing Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) of staging civilian massacres. “Any attempt to change the established historical record of war crimes is unacceptable and inexcusable,” High Representative Valentin Inzko, the head of the Council of Europe in Bosnia …
Read More »Država, entiteti i Brčko dijele 170 miliona KM
BiH Vijeće ministara BiH utvrdilo je jučer Prijedlog zakona o podjeli 170,9 miliona KM dobivenih sporazumom o sukcesiji bivše SFRJ. Prema zakonskom prijedlogu usvojenom većinom glasova, 10 odsto od ovog iznosa pripast će državi, 58 odsto Federaciji BiH, 29 odsto Republici Srpskoj i tri odsto Brčko distriktu. “Finansijska sredstva koja …
Read More »Halid Genjac: Nismo odustali od napuštanja Vijeća ministara
BiH Stranka demokratske akcije nije odustala od povlačenja svojih ministara iz Vijeća ministara BiH, tvrdi Halid Genjac, predsjednik Glavnog odbora SDA i prvi stranački operativac za imenovanja na državnom nivou. Genjac ističe da je moguće da će SDA zatražiti i ostavku predsjedavajućeg Vijeća ministara BiH Nikole Špirića zbog, kako kaže, …
Read More »Serbia marks International Day of Democracy
SERBIA Serbia is a democratic country, but democracy is not sufficiently developed, reads a message from parliament to mark the International Day of Democracy. The message states that Serbia celebrates the International Day of Democracy as a free, democratic and secular state. The Serbian parliament’s website states that democracy in …
Read More »ICJ deadline set to expire
KOSOVO The deadline for expires today for countries wishing to take part in the case on Kosovo’s independence at the International Court of Justice. The public debate, which begins on December 1, will be open to all UN member-states, regardless of whether or not they have previously submitted written testimony. …
Read More »Captain Dragan “doesn’t hate Croats”
CROATIA Dragan Vasiljković says that he does not hate Croats, and that Croatia is not a fascist state, though there are fascist elements in its government. “20 years ago I adopted two Croat girls. Today they are happily married, but they still call me ‘dad’. In Belgrade I would take …
Read More »Bulgarian Government fleshes out long-term stimulus plan
BULGARIA The Bulgarian Government will vote on September 16 on a long-term set of measures to lift the economy out of the doldrums, said prime minister Boyko Borissov. The proposal will be debated by employers’ groups and trade unions within the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation on September 15. The …
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