Eurasia Press & News
The President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy prefers the name “Macedonia” and noted it in his first speech on Friday during his visit to Germany, Macedonian Untrinski vesnik newspaper writes. Rompuy has delivered his first official speech before representatives of a local party not at a summit of …
Read More »Ali Ahmeti does not ask for Macedonian govt reshuffles
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said the chairman of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) Ali Ahmeti had not asked him for government reshuffles, Macedonian Vecer daily writes. If a minister decides to quit, it is their right, the prime minister added. Gruevski’s words came after the reports in the …
Read More »Gruevski expects name talks to resume by the end of January
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said that name talks with Greece will resume by the end of January or the beginning of February the latest. “So far, we haven’t had any announcements on name talks. We expect something towards the end of January or the beginning of February”, Macedonian PM …
Read More »Gruevski expects name talks to resume by the end of January
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said that name talks with Greece will resume by the end of January or the beginning of February the latest. “So far, we haven’t had any announcements on name talks. We expect something towards the end of January or the beginning of February”, Macedonian PM …
Read More »EU informed about Serbia’s bid
The Spanish EU presidency in Brussels has informed representatives of EU states about Serbia’s request to receive candidacy status for admission to the EU. A short information about the Serbian candidacy was presented at the meeting of the EU Western Balkans Committee and the EU Permanent Representatives Committee.
Read More »Ljube Boskovski asked early elections to be held in Macedonia
Leader of the Union for Macedonia Ljube Boskovski asked for early elections to be held in Macedonia. Boskovski called on Prime Minister (PM) Nikola Gruevski to hold early elections the issue on what support the present have among citizens to be resolved once and for all. Boskovski claimed a research …
Read More »Croatia to close EU accession talks in 2010: Stefan Fule
Czech candidate for EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule considers Croatia will close the EU accession talks in 2010. According to Fule his main talks will be each future expansion to be fell prepared. “The judicial reforms and the main rights are big challenge for Croatia,” Fule noted.
Read More »Tadic Slams Mesic for Serb Killer Sentence
Relations between Serbia and Croatia reached another critical juncture after Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Thursday decreased by one year a jail sentence of a convicted war criminal, who took part in the executions of ethnic Serb civilians in the Pakracka Poljana region of western Slavonia in late 1991. Serbian …
Read More »Kosovo Honors Croatia’s Mesic
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic during his visit to Kosovo on Friday was honored by the Kosovo’s President with the “Golden Medal of Independence”, while Pristina declared him an honourary citizen. During the meeting with his Kosovar counterpart Fatmir Sejdiu, Mesic said the award is the highest the newest state in …
Read More »Angela Merkel might visit Romania in 2010
German Chancellor Angela Merkel might pay a visit to the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca in the spring. There she will be conferred a degree honoris causa by the international university Babes-Bolyai in the city. The university expects Ms. Angela Merkel since the moment when its management decided to present her …
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