Eurasia Press & News
Sofia mayor Boiko Borissov, expected to be nominated as prime minister-designate next week, asked outgoing economy and energy minister Petar Dimitrov for a moratorium on all negotiations concerning big energy deals. “GERB is hearing worrying news about the activities of state companies, which do not take into account the financial …
Read More »Bulgaria is traditional partner of ours in the Balkans: Andrei Nesterenko
MOSCOW At his regular briefing Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Andrei Nesterenko touched upon the recent events in Bulgaria. “We respect the parliamentary election result in Bulgaria and Bulgarian people’s will. Bulgaria is a traditional partner of ours in the Balkans and we hope the new Bulgarian government will preserve stable …
Read More »Absence of European affairs minister will be loss for Bulgaria: Gergana Passy
SOFIA Europe knows different systems of management and coordination of European processes. It is a matter of political judgment whether a country will have a European affairs minister or not, Minister for European Affairs Gergana Passy said at the presentation of the priorities of the Swedish EU presidency. “In 2005 …
Read More »Mass Grave Uncovered in Kosovo
The remains of eight people have been discovered in a mass grave dating back to 1998, the EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo has confirmed. Following a tip-off that land next to the Gjilan to Kamenica road, in eastern Kosovo, had been dug up in 1998, EULEX and Kosovo Police began …
Read More »Macedonian Parliament in Heated Reshuffle Debate
The start of a Macedonian parliamentary session to debate the recent reshuffling of the cabinet of centre-right Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and to appoint new ministers has so far been marked by a heated verbal exchange between the PM and the outgoing Finance Minister Trajko Slaveski, who was fired on …
Read More »Montenegro Adopts Srebrenica Remembrance Day
Montenegro’s parliament yesterday adopted a declaration condemning the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and other atrocities committed during the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. The declaration accepts a European Parliament resolution on Srebrenica from January this year, condemning war crimes in Srebrenica and proclaiming July 11 a day of remembrance for the …
Read More »Serbia Opts Out of Croatia Summit
A Serbian delegation led by Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic has refused to participate in the Croatia Summit 2009, which opened last night in Dubrovnik, Croatian national television, HRT, reported. According to the HRT website, the reason for Jeremic’s refusal to take part in the summit was a misunderstanding over the …
Read More »Bosnia-Herzegovina designates July 11 Nat”l day of mourning
SARAJEVO The federal government of Bosnia-Herzegovina has declared July 11 a national day of mourning in commemoration of the Srebrenica Massacre. As part of the commemorative activities a mass funeral will be held on Saturday for 500 bodies that have been discovered at a mass grave recently, the government said …
Read More »Six Serb parties register for Kosovo vote
PRISTINA, Kosovo Six Serb political parties have registered with the Central Election Commission (CEC) to run in the November 15th local elections. CEC officials said on Wednesday (July 8th) that in all, 36 political entities representing the various communities in Kosovo have submitted applications.
Read More »Inzko calls for Mostar mayoral election
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Representative Valentin Inzko urged officials in Mostar on Wednesday (July 8th) to speed up the mayoral election there. The Mostar City Council has met 13 times since the October 5th local elections, but has failed so far to fill the post, as no candidate …
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