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KOSOVO Hoxha is Kosovo’s new ambassador to Bulgaria. Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu appointed Hoxha as Kosovo’s ambassador to Bulgaria on Wednesday. She was singled out among 20 candidates and after passing a test of Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry. She is a lawyer and has been working with UNMIK in Kosovo for …
Read More »Working groups with ministries to work out plan for EU funds money return
BULGARIA Working groups with all the ministries will leave for Brussels under the guidance of OLAF. They will work out measures and plans for returning the money of the EU funds to Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced at the news conference organized after Council of Minister’s sitting, which was …
Read More »Council of Ministers passes Short-term Fiscal Framework 2010-2013
BULGARIA The Council of Ministers passed the Short-term Fiscal Framework 2010-2013 and the basic allowances for 2010-2013. For the first time the strategic document covers the entire term of office of the government and secures the policies and priorities in the different sectors, the government’s press office announced. The document …
Read More »Anarchists Claim Greek Embassy Attack
SERBIA A previously unknown anarchist group, Crni Ilija, has claimed responsibility for Monday’s firebombing of the Greek embassy in Belgrade, Beta news agency reported Wednesday. In a statement released to the press, the group said it is demanding the release of fellow anarchist Thodoros Iliopoulos, who was arrested during a …
Read More »Macedonia Name Talks “Enter Crucial Stage”
MACEDONIA UN-brokered talks to settle the Athens-Skopje naming dispute are entering a crucial stage, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said Tuesday. She said that Greece faces an important six-months as it seeks to settle key foreign policy issues, including the name row, the online edition of Greek daily Naftemporiki reports. …
Read More »OSCE Concerned About Information Law
The head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Hans Ola Urstad, has expressed concern regarding new amendments to the Law on Public Information, which could be passed by the Serbian parliament on August 31, daily Danas reports. “This is the second time this year that media legislation is being processed …
Read More »Countries Issue Visas to Kosovars without Recognition
Egypt, Vietnam and Cambodia are the latest countries to begin issuing visas to Kosovo passport holders, despite not recognising the state. According to research by the website KosovoThanksYou, Kosovars citizens have visited Egypt, Vietnam and Cambodia in recent months using passports of the Republic of Kosovo. More than 20 countries …
Read More »Macedonia’s Opposition Takes Aim
MACEDONIA Macedonia’s main opposition party, the Social Democrats, SDSM, will put up a tough fight in challenging the government’s economic policies, and will provide alternatives, leader Branko Crvenkovski says. The drafting of the party’s new platform, which focuses largely on the economy, is nearly finished, he said in an interview …
Read More »“Balkans not Obama’s priority”
US The Balkans will not be one of the priorities of U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration, U.S. professor Steven Meyer said. Meyer, a professor of political science at the National Defense University, said that Obama’s administration will only pay an extra amount of attention to the Balkans if a crisis …
Read More »Thaci meets with Feith and Kermabon
KOSOVO Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci on Monday met with international civilian representative Pieter Feith and EULEX Chief Yves de Kermabon. “There was discussion at the meeting regarding current political affairs in Kosovo, especially the decentralization process, the coming elections [November 15] and the implementation of the rule of law …
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