Representatives of the ruling party and the opposition agreed Monday (July 19th) to form an inquiry committee that will investigate an incident in parliament on July 1st. The committee will be chaired by Hajrula Misini of the Democratic Union for Integration and will be composed of two representatives of the …
Read More »Karadzic wants documents from Croatia
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has sent a letter to the Croatian government seeking co-operation over documents related to arms smuggling during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict, the UN war crimes tribunal announced on Monday (July 19th). Karadzic wants to use the documents as part of his defence at The …
Read More »Romanian FM: Romania has always recognized and supported the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan
Romania has always recognized and supported the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and will continue to maintain this position, Romanian FM Teodor Bakonski said at the meeting with Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov in Baku on July 19.
Read More »Georgian-Azerbaijani inter-governmental commission meeting to take place
Georgian government delegation, headed by Prime Minister Nika Gilauri, will arrive in Azerbaijan on July 23. Baku will host a meeting of the Georgian-Azerbaijani Inter-governmental Commission, Nikoloz Mchedlishvili, spokesman of Georgia’s Prime Minister.
Read More »Greece PM set to talk Bulgaria’s Borisov into oil pipeline project
Greece’s prime minister is planning a diplomatic initiative in order to “revive” the stalled Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project in which his country is a partner together with Bulgaria and Russia, media reports say. George Papandreou, the Greek prime minister, is expected to pay a visit to the Bulgarian capital Sofia …
Read More »Former UN general testifies at Karadzic trial
The prosecution in the Hague has called a new witness, a former UN general in Bosnia, to the stand at the trial of Radovan Karadzic at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY. Hussein Ali Abdel-Razek, a former general in Egyptian army, was head of the Sarajevo sector …
Read More »Bosnia: Boskic Sentenced to 10 Years for Srebrenica
Marko Boskic, a former member of the 10th Reconnaissance Squad of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, was sentenced to ten years in prison by a first instance verdict for participating in the murder of several hundred men from Srebrenica in July 1995.
Read More »EC criticises Montenegro’s anti-corruption strategy
The European Commission has criticised the government’s new strategy to fight corruption and organised crime, the Podgorica-based daily Vijesti reported on Saturday. The EC reportedly concludes the document lacks
Read More »Turkish Prime Minister reiterates commitment to democratic initiative
Despite rising political tensions due to terror attacks, Turkey’s government seems to be standing firm on its democratic initiative aimed at boosting the rights of the Kurdish minority. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Read More »New Kosovo municipality elects mayor
The recently created municipality of Partesh/Partes chose its first mayor Sunday. Nenad Cvetkovic, of the Zavicaj association, grabbed 58% of the votes, beating Todor Mirkovic of the United Serbian List. Turnout was 55%. International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith
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