Nenad Malić was sentenced on Monday in Belgrade to 13 years in prison for the murder of two Muslim civilians in Bosnia. The charged against his also included the attempted murder of another Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) in Stari Majdan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1992.
Read More »Croatia’s EU accession deal to be prepared
The preparations for Croatia’s accession deal with EU will begin during December. The EU board members decided to open workshop groups, responsible for the preparation of Croatia’s accession deal. Croatia accepted the Sweden’s recommendation and began with the preparations with accession deal.
Read More »Georgia hails restoration of NATO-Russia Council format: FM
Georgia welcomes the restoration of the NATO-Russia Council format. “Russia’s participation is important, if we want a joint security formula,” Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said at a traditional briefing today. According to her, the NATO-Russia Council format will be an additional lever of dialogue with Russia for the …
Read More »Georgian vice speaker demands to patrol Black Sea
Georgian Parliamentary Vice Speaker Paata Davitaia called on the government to develop a package of proposals on the introduction of U.S. and NATO patrol ships into the Black Sea.
Read More »South Caucasus environmental planning issues discussed in Tbilisi
REC Caucasus Regional Conference – “LEAPs is SEA proof! Seven Years of Experience in Local Environmental Planning in the South Caucasus” was organized by REC Caucasus on December 4, 2009 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The event aimed to summarize all LEAPs projects implemented by REC Caucasus since 2003, assess the result …
Read More »OSCE says Romanian election generally fair, alleged irregularities need investigation
Romania’s presidential election generally observed international standards but information on alleged irregularities need to be investigated, OSCE mission chief Vadim Zhdanovich said Monday.
Read More »Traian Basescu re-elected Romanian president
Traian Basescu has been officially declared the winner in Romania’s presidential election. Earlier exit polls had put his social democrat rival in the lead. But the final results show the centre-right leader has been re-elected to power with 50.37% of the vote in Sunday’s run-off.
Read More »Moldova Parliament fails to elect president again
Moldova Parliament has failed for the third time to elect president again: the only candidate for the post-Marian Lupu, won 53 from 61 necessary votes.
Read More »EU Helps Romanian Companies in Crisis
The European Commission authorised on Friday an aid program proposed by Romania to support with up to 500,000 euro for companies hit by the economic crisis. The main aim of this temporary scheme is to offer support to companies facing financial difficulties due to harsher lending conditions triggered by the …
Read More »Belgrade-Bar Road Construction Starts in 2010
Serbia’s Minister of Infrastructure Milutin Mrkonjic said the construction of Belgrade-Bar highway, part of the pan-European Corridor 11 will start next year. Upon visiting works on the road section in the town of Kraljevo on Saturday, Mrkonjic told reporters that 20 million euros have been set aside in the state …
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