Balkans

Feith backs establishment of customs

KOSOVO EU representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith says he supports the establishment of full EULEX customs control across Kosovo. A statement from his cabinet on Friday in Priština said that this included the EU mission’s activities to establish control over customs points of Jarinje and Brnjak, in the north of …

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K. Serbs dedicate memorial honoring victims

KOSOVO Some 200 Serbs attended a dedication ceremony in Velika Hoča of a memorial honoring the kidnapped and murdered Serbs. The gathering on Friday, commemorating the Serb victims from the Kosovo municipality of Orahovac who perished or disappeared from 1998 until 2000, was attended by representatives of the International Committee …

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“Time to apply agreement with Serbia”

SERBIA It is time to apply the Interim Trade Agreement of the EU with Serbia, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Michael Spindelegger said. After Slovenia and Croatia reached a deal about a border dispute, Spindelegger said that this positive period should be used to finally make some progress regarding Serbia. …

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Balkan remains important to USA

BALKANS Although the United States is not focused on the Balkans as it was in the 1990s, the challenges in this region are still reviewed at a very high level in Washington, a prominent US political expert said. John Stilides, a political strategist of the Republican Party and chairman of …

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Slovenia poised to unblock Croatia

CROATIA Slovenia is set to unblock Croatia’s EU accession talks, while Zagreb is set to withdraw the disputed documents that prejudice the border between the two states. The major breakthrough in the negotiations emerged Friday at a meeting of Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor and Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor …

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Bulgaria’s Belene nuclear plant construction to cost 10 bln euros

BULGARIA Bulgarian Economy, Energy and Tourism Minister Traicho Traikov has announced that the construction of Belene Nuclear Power Plant will cost around EUR 10 billion (USD 14.6 billion), local media reported on Saturday. Traikov gave the example of Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP),stating that the same installations would be made …

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Uhapšeni prošao provjeru obavještajne službe

BiH Bojan Cvijan, djelatnik Državne agencije za istrage i zaštitu (SIPA), koji je nedavno uhapšen zbog povezanosti s kriminalnom grupom Darka Eleza, od maja prošle godine imao je pristup najpovjerljivijim podacima. Saglasnost za pristup tajnim podacima Cvijanu je dala Obavještajno-sigurnosna agencija BiH (OSA).

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Nepoznato ko će upravljati oduzetom imovinom

BiH The members of the Alliance for European Integration expressed their dissatisfaction with the fact that Vladimir Voronin did not announced his decision to resign as head of state in the Parliament. Izmjenama Krivičnog zakona BiH, kojima je omogućeno oduzimanje nezakonito stečene imovine, nije predviđeno i osnivanje posebne institucije zadužene …

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