Eurasia Press & News
CROATIA Croatian Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic has not given up on the extradition or imprisonment of suspected war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic, the Croatian Times reports. Simonovic says he still believes that Vasiljkovic will be re-incarcerated or extradited to Croatia despite his seemingly imminent release from an Australian jail. The Croatian …
Read More »Bosnia Makes No Progress on Corruption
BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina has made no recent progress in its struggle against rampant corruption, the Bosnian branch of Transparency International, TI, reports. TI presented its findings at a Sarajevo press conference on Thursday. “Bosnia and Herzegovina has not achieved progress in implementing anti-corruption reforms and, unfortunately […] it is …
Read More »Mandat stranim sudijama i tužiocima nije produžen
BiH Predstavnički dom parlamenta BiH nije jučer usvojio u prvom čitanju izmjene zakona o Sudu BiH i Tužilaštvu BiH kojim se produžava mandat međunarodnim sudijama i tužiocima koji rade na predmetima ratnih zločina. Izmjene ovih zakona nisu dobile potrebnu većinu iz RS te će biti upućene na usaglašavanje. Mandat međunarodnim …
Read More »Rehn: EU must recognize Serbia’s progress
SERBIA EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn says the EU Council of Ministers could soon take a decision on unfreezing the Interim Trade Agreement with Serbia. Speaking at a meeting of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Rehn said that Serbia was one step away from a surefire place on the …
Read More »“EULEX to offer Serbia two more agreements”
SERBIA Besides the protocol on police cooperation, EULEX has drafted two more agreements on cooperation with Serbia in customs and justice, says a Priština daily. Quoting unnamed sources, daily Koha Ditore writes that the protocols on cooperation in the fields of customs and justice are due to be signed by …
Read More »Ulemek appeal continues
SERBIA The Supreme Court will continue to hear Milorad Ulemek and Zvezdan Jovanović’s appeal against their conviction for the murder of late PM Zoran Đinđić today. The public part of the trial began yesterday in a courtroom at the Belgrade District Prison with a statement by Judge Bata Cvetković (presiding) …
Read More »Netherlands Presses for Delay in Bulgaria, Romania Schengen Entry
NETHERLANDS The Dutch government has dealt another blow to the new EU member states Bulgaria and Romania, saying they are still doing too little to tackle corruption and organized crime, and their management of EU funds is still below par. The conclusions were announced on Wednesday in response to the …
Read More »Bulgaria could cut VAT rate – Finance Minister
BULGARIA Simeon Dyankov, Bulgaria’s Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, says that the flat income tax rate will stay unchanged, while Value-Added Tax (VAT) could be cut from the current 20 per cent to 18 per cent in 2010 and by a further two per cent by the end of …
Read More »Bulgaria says former cabinet ministers to be indicted ‘in next few days’
BULGARIA Former government ministers will be indicted in the next few days, Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said on September 3 2009. Tsvetanov declined to give names, saying that it was up to prosecutors to complete the indictments. Bulgarian news agency BTA reported Tsvetanov as telling …
Read More »Greek PM calls snap election, date yet to be announced
GREECE Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Wednesday evening announced the holding of a snap general election in a television speech to the nation. In prefacing announcement, Karamanlis underlined the need for immediate and significant reforms and measures to deal with the repercussions of the international economic crisis and what …
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