Balkans

Serbian Govt Set to Adopt Budget Rebalance

The Serbian government is expected to adopt a rebalancing of the 2009 budget at Thursday’s session. Even though it was stated on Wednesday that the budget proposal was adopted by the government’s chief councils, according to Belgrade’s B92 network, the Finance Ministry was working into the late hours of the …

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Unprepared Bosnia Starts Negotiations with IMF

Bosnia’s top western envoy has urged Bosnia’s Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim)-Croat dominated Federation to curb public spending in a bid to get urgent financial support from the International Monetary Fund, IMF. “The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina must bring its expenditures under control to ensure financial stability and meet IMF requirements. …

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Macedonian government vows to invest 8 billion euros in infrastructure

The government of Macedonia proposed an ambitious plan to invest 8 billion euros in the country’s infrastructure through 2016. Fresh off a commanding victory in the April 5th presidential and local runoff, the ruling VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition in Macedonia now has a chance to make good on its plan to invest …

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Serbia ready to forward stance on Kosovo to ICJ

Belgrade hopes that the International Court of Justice will rule that Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence violated international law, while officials in Pristina expect the court to rule in their favour. Serbia has finalised its argument against Kosovo’s independence and will forward it to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) …

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Bosnia. Two New Mass Graves Found

Two new mass graves containing the bodies of Bosnian Muslims who had been killed during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina have been discovered in the east of the country, the Bosnian Missing Persons Institute (INO) reported. The mass graves were discovered on Thursday and Friday on Mount Romanija and near Tuzla. …

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Kosovo prepares to defend independence before ICJ

PRISTINA, Kosovo Kosovo is ready to defend its 2008 independence declaration before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), media reported on Friday (April 10th). British expert Michael Wood will lead Kosovo’s legal team at the ICJ to debate Serbia’s motion questioning the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence in February …

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Albania to send troops on six-month mission to Chad

TIRANA, Albania Parliament has decided to send a unit consisting of 63 commandos to join the UN peacekeeping mission in Chad, media reported on Thursday (April 9th). The defence ministry says the Albanian troops will be in charge of security at the UN headquarters in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena. The unit …

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