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Petar Dimitrov, Bulgaria’s Minister of Economy and Energy, has stated that Bulgaria’s economy will not improve until the rest of Europe shows signs of recovery. “More than 60% of Bulgaria’s GDP depends on the European market. And if the crisis in the EU is not over, it would be an …
Read More »Bulgaria Battered Right-Wingers Complain to EU Envoys
The recently elected leader of the biggest opposition right-wing party in Bulgaria, whose running in the upcoming European election was allegedly undermined by people close to the ruling parties, conferred with EU ambassadors on Thursday. Martin Dimitrov was accompanied by the leader of the so-called Blue coalition ballot for the …
Read More »Bosnian Serbs Leaders Challenge Top Envoy, US
Bosnia’s new top international envoy, High Representative Valentin Inzko, faces his biggest challenge so far as Bosnian Serb leaders grouped together to demand he stop using his governing powers. The challenge was issued at a session of the Assembly of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska, which on Thursday …
Read More »Albania Approves ODIHR Mission Chief
After strongly contesting the appointment of the head of the international election monitoring team, the Albanian Central Electoral Commission on Thursday approved her appointment, along with a further 39 long-term observers. The centre-right government of Prime Minister Sali Berisha had earlier objected to Ambassador Audrey Glover’s appointment as head of …
Read More »US Congress Bosnia Resolution Triggers Disputes
The US Congress Wednesday passed a resolution on Bosnia and Herzegovina, calling for an appointment of a new US special envoy and continued constitutional reform in the troubled country. The prospect of renewed US focus on the country has sparked immediate reactions within Bosnia, and threatens to trigger a fresh …
Read More »EU: Macedonia May Get Accession Talks Date
The EU’s foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Wednesday that it is likely that Macedonia gets a date for the start of accession talks this year. “I think this is very likely and it is very possible,” Solana said in Brussels. Solana was meeting with Macedonia’s new president Georgi Ivanov, …
Read More »Macedonia PM Forced to Land in Brussels
All the computers and the radar of the state plane carrying Premier Nikola Gruevski from Brussels to Paris failed Thursday. The plane landed back safely in Brussels. Gruevski and his delegation are now trying to find an alternate way of getting in to Paris to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy, …
Read More »Macedonia Fails to Clarify Kosovo Spat
Questioned by journalists, Macedonia’s President Georgi Ivanov failed to clarify if Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu was invited to his inauguration ceremony held on Tuesday. “The ceremony was organised by the president of Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, which means that all invitations were sent by him,” Ivanov said in …
Read More »US: Macedonia, Greece To Focus Only On Name
The US is urging Macedonia and Greece to put aside unproductive disputes over differing interpretations of history and identity when trying to find a solution to the long-running name dispute between the two countries. “The issue is about the name, that’s why we call it a “name” issue. And Macedonia …
Read More »Greek Partly Leaves Albania’s Government
The Union for Human Rights Party, PBDNJ, announced on Wednesday that it was dropping out of the coalition the centre-right government of Prime Minister Berisha, to join the Socialist of Tirana mayor Edi Rama ahead of the June 28 elections. Speaking in front of reporters the head of PBDNJ Vangjel …
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