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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 …

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 …

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 …

BULGARIA The leader of the ethnic Turkish party DPS, Ahmed Dogan will be sanctioned for not showing at four out of five of the Bulgaria Parliament sessions in July. This has been announced Friday by the National Assembly’s Chair, Tsetska Tsacheva, BGNES reported. Dogan’s salary will be cut by 2/3ds …

BULGARIA Bulgaria’s Minister without a portfolio, Bozhidar Dimitrov, said Friday he was ready to serve the three-month prison sentence of Spaska Mitrova, a Macedonian with Bulgarian passport. The 23-year-old Mitrova was jailed over failing to provide a bed in her parent’s house for her former husband who was supposed to …

A Serb suspected of having played a part in the destruction of the League of Prizren house in 1999 has been remanded in custody for 30 days. Goran Vuckovic was charged with the war crime and threatening behaviour, following his arrest on Tuesday. The house where the League of Prizren …

The decentralisation of Kosovo’s municipalities took a step forward on Thursday when International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith appointed a team to create the new municipality of Gracanice/Gracanica. The 16-strong team will prepare all resources, properties and administrative structures needed to establish a new municipality in Gracanice/Gracanica. The appointed members of …

CROATIA President Stjepan Mesic has hit out at the role of the Catholic Church in Croatia, claiming that it benefits from its privileged role in society, broadcaster B92 reports. Mesic said the Church receives 37 million euros annually from the state budget, “builds monumental edifices, and then proceeds to rent …

SARAJEVO, BiH Poslanici i delegati SDA u parlamentu BiH na prvom zasjedanju u septembru zatražit će informaciju o odgovornosti direktora Državne agencije za istrage i zaštitu (SIPA) zbog upošljavanja osoba koje nisu prošle sigurnosnu provjeru. Pokažu li se navodi o nezakonitostima tačnim, uslijedit će zahtjev za njegovo razrješenje, rekao je …

BELGRADE, Serbia The Serbian government has called early local elections for Sunday in two municipalities in Kosovo, reports said on Wednesday. Voters will cast their ballots for municipal authorities of Priština, which have been dislocated to Gračanica, and Peć, moved to Goraždevac.