Balkans

Bulgaria: PM promises legislative amendments to ease Interior Ministry work

SOFIA, Bulgaria Employees in the Ministry of Interior who do their job could develop in their career, said Prime Minister (PM) Boyko Borisov during news conference in the Ministry of Interior. According to the PM the new government would not allow purges. Working groups between the Ministry of Interior- State …

Read More »

Macedonia To Reply On Naming Issue

SKOPJE, Macedonia Macedonia will respond to the latest proposals for solving the Athens-Skopje name row this week, the country’s negotiator to the UN-mediated talks, Zoran Jolevski, told local media. Jolevski, who is in Skopje for consultations with the state leadership, said on Sunday that he already spoken to President Georgi …

Read More »

Serbia to Sign Protocol with EULEX

BELGRADE, Serbia Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says that a draft protocol for cooperation between Serbian police and the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, has been completed, daily Politika reports Monday. “It is in our best interests to stop crime in our territory […] and that is …

Read More »

Albanian Opposition Head Seeks Re-Election

TIRANA, Albania Albanian Socialist Party leader Edi Rama confirmed Monday that he will seek to retain the party leadership in the movement’s upcoming extraordinary congress. Speaking to Tirana daily Shekulli, Rama said, “I will run for re-election,” adding that, despite calls for his resignation, he was proud of the internal …

Read More »

Macedonia Has Tight EU Agenda

SKOPJE, Macedonia New legislation, reforming the functioning of parliament in line with EU accession pre-conditions, looks set to feature on the agenda of Monday’s legislative session. After a short summer break, Macedonia’s legislators have until September 15 to pass a series of laws that the European Commission, EC, has set …

Read More »

Incko zatražio podatke o imovini

SARAJEVO, BANJALUKA Valentin Incko, visoki predstavnik za BiH, zatražio je juče od zemljišnoknjižnih ureda i katastara da pripreme sve informacije o državnoj imovini kako bi bio ubrzan njen popis, saopšteno je iz OHR-a. “Visoki predstavnik je uputio pismo zemljišnoknjižnim uredima i katastrima u BiH u kojem traži da pripreme sve …

Read More »

Nato chief assesses Kosovo exit strategy

KOSOVO New Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen made his maiden visit to Kosovo yesterday to evaluate his plans to trim the alliance’s security mission in the breakaway Serbian province a decade after war. Rasmussen, a former Danish prime minister, hopes to gradually wind down the presence of Nato’s 13,800-strong Kosovo …

Read More »

Ivanov will look personally into Spaska Mitrova case

BULGARIA, MACEDONIA Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov promised that he will look into the case of Spaska Mitrova. Tthe ex-Bulgarian President Petar Stojanov discussed the Mitrova case with the Macedonian President Ivanov in a telephone conversation. Ivanov vowed to get familiarized with this case in the following days, take adequate actions …

Read More »

Albanian police union urges interior minister to step down

ALBANIA The Union of the Albanian Police Force requested today from the Interior Minister Bujar Nishani to resign from the post. The Union’s Syndicate Valentin Matsaj said that the Union’s move was prompted by suspicions that members of police forces had tipped the criminal Dritan Dajti about busting operation against …

Read More »

Slovenia will build three artificial islands

SLOVENIA Slovenian authorities plan to build three artificial islands nearby Izola. The construction, predicted to start in two years would cost 217 million euros and 11.8 kilometers of sea cost will be added. Construction of these kinds of islands is hit among the countries, specially the ones from East, where …

Read More »