Eurasia Press & News
SERBIA The Third Municipal Belgrade Office of the Public Prosecutor has raised an indictment proposal against Siniša Vučinić. Vučinić is facing charges over threats directed at MP Žarko Korać and reporter Miloš Vasić, spokesman Dragan Milošević said on Wednesday. Vučinić’s detention has been extended pending the next decision of the …
Read More »Moldova Government To Resign At Session
MOLDOVA Moldova’s Communist-led government has said it would submit its resignation at the opening of a new parliament this week. The declaration was drafted at the government’s final meeting and is to be handed in at the session on August 28 in the ex-Soviet republic. For the first time since …
Read More »Russia Says Recognition Of Rebel Regions Irreversible
RUSSIA Russia will never reverse its decision to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia as states independent of Georgia, President Dmitry Medvedev has said, the anniversary of the decision. The Kremlin recognized the Moscow-backed regions as independent on August 26 of last year, weeks after Russian forces crushed a Georgian attempt …
Read More »American and Macedonian soldiers to train together
MACEDONIA Troopers of the Macedonian and US army will start a training, which will be realized in Ilinden barrack and Krivolak boot camp. Troopers from the regiment for special operations (RSO), the battalion of ARM’s police and representatives from Vermont National guard will participate in the training. The training’s purpose, …
Read More »Greece to cooperate with Turkey in NATO frameworks
GREECE Greece is ready to cooperate with Turkey in the framework of NATO, the Spokesperson for the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs Grigoris Delavekuras said. Greek authorities will state their position to the Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen , who arrived yesterday in Athens and will visit Turkey as …
Read More »Deputy Speaker of Georgian Parliament calls Abkhazians and Ossetians for launching dialogue
GEORGIA Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, leader of a political “We ourselves” party, Paata Davitaia, calls for ethnic Abkhazians and Ossetians to come to themselves and begin a dialogue with Georgia. Davitaia spoke about it at a press conference dedicated to the anniversary of Abkhazia and South Ossetia’s independence recognized …
Read More »Russia vows to protect S Ossetia
RUSSIA Russia’s prime minister has vowed to protect the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, a year after it recognised their independence. Speaking at the opening of a direct gas pipeline to South Ossetia, Vladimir Putin said his country would not allow any “military escapades” by Georgia. The …
Read More »KOSOVO Hoxha is Kosovo’s new ambassador to Bulgaria. Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu appointed Hoxha as Kosovo’s ambassador to Bulgaria on Wednesday. She was singled out among 20 candidates and after passing a test of Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry. She is a lawyer and has been working with UNMIK in Kosovo for …
Read More »Working groups with ministries to work out plan for EU funds money return
BULGARIA Working groups with all the ministries will leave for Brussels under the guidance of OLAF. They will work out measures and plans for returning the money of the EU funds to Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced at the news conference organized after Council of Minister’s sitting, which was …
Read More »Council of Ministers passes Short-term Fiscal Framework 2010-2013
BULGARIA The Council of Ministers passed the Short-term Fiscal Framework 2010-2013 and the basic allowances for 2010-2013. For the first time the strategic document covers the entire term of office of the government and secures the policies and priorities in the different sectors, the government’s press office announced. The document …
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