Eurasia Press & News
The Romanian Liberal Party on Tuesday submitted a motion against the two party ruling coalition demanding the annulment of a series of measures introduced by the country’s education ministry. Liberals say that measures such as cutting the number of sports classes being held at primary schools will affect the health …
Read More »Belgrade Mosque Still Stands In Ruins
Five years since it was burned and devastated in demonstrations inspired by Albanian violence against Kosovo Serbs on March 17, 2004, the 16th century Bayrakli Mosque in Belgrade still is not fully repaired. The mosque was heavily damaged by angry youths who broke all its windows and furniture and then …
Read More »Serb Police Protest Against Arrests
Over 1,000 war veterans and policemen from various parts of Serbia protested Tuesday in Leskovac demanding the release of four policemen arrested over suspicion that they committed war crimes in Kosovo in 1999. Protesters gathered near police headquarters in Leskovac under a banner saying: ”Who’s Next”.
Read More »Serbian Imam Arrested for Drug-Trafficking
A 21-year old imam (Islamic priest) from the Serbian region of Sandzak, was arrested in Bosnia for drug trafficking, local media reported on Wednesday. The imam was a part of a group that was arrested in the Bosnian capital over the past week, under suspicion of being a part of …
Read More »More Lay Offs Announced In Serbia
Serbian vehicle tyre producer ”Trayal Corporation” from Krusevac plans to fire about 400 employees, the company told the local BETA news agency on Wednesday. The number of employees at the factory will decline from 2422 to 2042, adding to the economic woes being felt in this industrial part of north …
Read More »Romania Aid Package Could Reach €20 Billion
A financial aid package for Romania aimed at shoring up the country’s dwindling finances could total roughly 20 billion euros, the country’s president has warned. Speaking on television on Tuesday, President Traian Basescu said that the aid was a necessary ”safety belt” and that details of the loan package would …
Read More »Slovene Bloc Remains Until New Circumstances
The conference does not make any sense if an agreement is not achieved on the manner of the mediation for solving the border dispute. Slovenia believes that holding the intergovernmental conference on Croatian European Union accession, scheduled for March 27, does not make any sense if agreement is not achieved …
Read More »Bulgaria Investigates Two Men Over Radical Islam
Ahmed Bashev, mayor of the town of Garmen, and Murat Boshnak, a teacher were questioned for formenting racial and religious hatred. Bulgaria’s national security agency on Monday launched an investigation into a local mayor and an Islamic studies teacher, on suspicion of spreading of radical Islam and fomenting religious hatred. …
Read More »SDSM holds rally in Skopje municipality Gazi Baba
Skopje – Social-Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) presented late Monday in Skopje municipality Gazi Baba presidential candidate Ljubomir Frckoski, Gazi Baba mayor hopeful Milentie Janevski and Skopje mayor front-runner Tito Petkovski of NSDP, as well as the councillor list. “We have an obligation to change the image of Gazi Baba. …
Read More »NATO has more important priorities than Balkan enlargement – U.S. expert
Washington – NATO currently has more important priorities than the Balkan enlargement, said Monday Anthony Cordesman, leading military analyst from the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. Asked about the NATO membership perspectives of Macedonia, Serbia, B&H and Montenegro, Cordesman said the Alliance is dealing with new candidates at …
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