Eurasia Press & News
Prime Minister Robert Fico called an extraordinary meeting of his Security Council to prepare measures to counter `export of extremism.` Slovakia accused a far-right Hungarian movement on Tuesday of recruiting ethnic Hungarians in southern Slovakia to stir up trouble and distract attention from Hungary’s own economic problems. Prime Minister Robert …
Read More »Bosnia Court Jails Two Bosnian Serbs For Warcrimes
Krsto Savic, 49, the ex-police chief in the town of Gacko, was sentenced to 20 years for killing, detention, forcible transfer and torture. Bosnia’s war crimes court jailed two Bosnian Serb wartime policemen on Tuesday for 20 years and five years for persecution of non-Serbs in southeastern Bosnia early in …
Read More »UN Security Council starts debate on Kosovo
NEW YORK, United States — The UN Security Council launched a debate on Monday (March 23rd) on Kosovo and the status of the Serbian minority there. No major progress was reported at the session, where UNMIK chief Lamberto Zannier and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented their quarterly report on the …
Read More »Constitutional commission backs amendment on BiH’s Brcko District
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) – The parliament’s constitutional commission approved the draft amendment regarding the status of the Brcko District on Monday (March 23rd). According to the bill, the district’s legal status, as defined by a binding arbitration process that took place from 1996 to 1999, will be protected …
Read More »Bulgaria’s Stanishev discusses summer elections
SOFIA, Bulgaria — In an interview with Reuters on Monday (March 23rd), Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said his Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) must win the parliamentary elections this summer to prevent the opposition Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria
Read More »Serbia requests advance of 120m euros from EU pre-accession funds
BELGRADE, Serbia — The government on Monday (March 23rd) asked the European Commission (EC) to advance it 120m euros from the pre-accession funds already earmarked for Serbia. Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic met with EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn in an attempt to reach agreement on the issue.
Read More »Former Albanian defence minister sues general prosecutor
TIRANA, Albania – Former Defence Minister Fatmir Mediu’s lawyers have sued General Prosecutor Ina Rama for allegedly disclosing information from the investigation of the deadly blasts last year in Gerdec, media reported on Monday (March 23rd). Mediu is among 28 officials charged in connection with the March 2008 ammunition depot …
Read More »KOSOVO: Parallel Serb Administration Challenged
MITROVICA – An Albanian group has filed a lawsuit against parallel structures set up to administer ethnic Serbs within Kosovo. Serbia had lost control over Kosovo, which it still claims as its southern district, after the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) bombing in 1999. That followed a period of repression …
Read More »Croatia to enforce spending cuts, eyes investors
ZAGREB – The Croatian government will on Wednesday unveil a set of spending cuts needed to fix this year’s strained budget and reassure foreign lenders ahead of a Eurobond issue planed in April or May. As part of its anti-recession efforts, the government is likely to cut salaries of around …
Read More »Russia to Temporarily Finance Bulgaria Nuclear Plant Belene
Sofia is in talks with Moscow for securing temporary financing for the planned EUR 4.0 B nuclear power plant at Belene, for which Bulgaria contracted Russia’s Atomstroyexport. The statement was made by Russian Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio and confirmed earlier reports. Speaking …
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