Eurasia Press & News
Serbia’s attempts to block Kosovo’s participation in regional initiatives could paralyse regional policies, according to a leaked European Commission, EC, report. This according to a report on Balkan countries involved in the EU enlargement process, to be issued in Brussels on October 14.
Read More »Macedonia Happy With Greek Election Result
The upcoming change in government in Greece may act to break the current impasse in the Athens-Skopje name talks, Macedonian observers predict. Outgoing Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has resigned as New Democracy leader after his party suffered an outright defeat in Sunday’s general election to the rival Pan-Hellenic Socialist …
Read More »Romanian Public Sector on Strike
Around 700,000 public servants launched a strike on Monday in protest at the government’s decision to cut salaries and jobs in the public sector. Policemen, local authority workers, clerks, doctors, nurses, teachers, social-insurance personnel, public-finance clerks and prison guards have joined what has been called the largest protest in the …
Read More »Encyclopaedia’s Editor Refuses to Resign
Blaze Ristovski, the chief editor of the controversial Macedonian encyclopaedia, which enraged the country’s ethnic Albanians, is resisting government pressure to resign. Upon its publication in September, the state-funded tome, prepared by the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, MANU, came under fire domestically and in neighbouring states for describing …
Read More »Macedonia Applauds Irish Yes Vote
Macedonia has praised the Irish yes vote on the Lisbon treaty, saying its adoption will have a positive impact on EU enlargement prospects. The positive outcome would mean “a positive climate for the continuation of one of the most successful EU projects, the enlargement process, that spreads the zone of …
Read More »Feith urges Serbs to vote in elections
EU Special Representative to Kosovo Pieter Feith has called on all Kosovo citizens, especially the Serbs, to vote in the coming local elections on November 15. Speaking at a meeting titled “Independent Kosovo and the EU” in Vienna yesterday, he welcomed the fact that an increasing number of Serb political …
Read More »“Thaci supports envoy for northern Kosovo”
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci supports the idea of appointing a European special envoy for the north of Kosovo, according to local media. Thaci said that the appointment of Italian Ambassador to Kosovo Michael Giffoni as the EU envoy in the north shows that Brussels is eager to stabilize the …
Read More »Tiraspol refuses to discuss arming of military organizations not affiliated to peacekeeping forces.
The Transnistrian delegation to the Joint Control Commission (JCC) opposed the inclusion of the method of arming the military organizations not affiliated to the peacekeeping forces in the security zone. The Transnistrian delegation to the Joint Control Commission (JCC) opposed the inclusion of the method of arming the military organizations …
Read More »Balkan citizens still support EU integration
The majority of Western Balkan citizens support their countries’ aspirations to join the EU, according to the latest Gallup poll. In Serbia, 58 percent of the population supports EU integration, down two percent on 2006, according to Deutsche Welle. According to Gallup, Serbia citizens have a positive view of EU …
Read More »“Bosnian war scenario unrealistic”
International High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko says that domestic and foreign fears of a new war are unrealistic. He added that Bosnian politicians had to display more responsibility in their statements. “We should all be aware that words have additional weight in Bosnia, due to the tragic past, and …
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