Eurasia Press & News
TBILISI The OSCE donated equipment for dismantling and recycling obsolete TNT-filled munitions to the Georgian Defence Ministry today. “This equipment will enable the Georgian Defence Ministry to recycle TNT-filled warheads in order to deal with this environmental threat in an effective way,” said Ambassador Terhi Hakala, the Head of the …
Read More »The West discusses possibility of Armenia’s participation in Nabucco
Armenian-Turkish reconciliation and settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict are linked to implementation of the Nabucco project, told a political scientist Suren Zolian a news conference in Yerevan.
Read More »FM: Romania to solve problems with Moldova through dialogue
BUCHAREST Romania will solve its bilateral problems with the Republic of Moldova through bilateral dialogue, said Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu on Tuesday. “We will solve our problems by ourselves, in our manner and with our means,” Diaconescu told a press conference, adding that the country will not transfer the issues …
Read More »Loss of Srebrenica Victims’ Possessions Shocks Families
Relatives of those massacred in 1995 are dismayed by reports that their loved ones’ exhumed possessions may since have been destroyed without their permission. Families of the men and boys killed in Srebrenica are in uproar over claims that personal things taken by ICTY investigators from mass graves located in …
Read More »Glavas Arrested in Bosnia
Police in Bosnia took war crimes fugitive Branimir Glavas into custody following a decision on Tuesday by Croatia to issue an international arrest warrant. Glavas’ Bosnian attorney Nikic Grzic confirmed for Croatian television HTV that Glavas is to be taken to Sarajevo before noon Wednesday, in order to determine whether …
Read More »Serbia, Gazprom to Sign South Stream Deal
Serbia’s state owned gas company will on Friday sign an agreement with Russian gas giant Gazprom for the construction of a part of the South Stream gas pipeline that will go through Serbia. General Director of Srbijagas Dusan Bajatovic said he will sign the agreement with the president of Gazprom …
Read More »Bosnian Serb Leader Criticises State Judiciary
The Prime Minister of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska has challenged the legality of the judicial bodies investigating a case that officials say could implicate him of fraud. Infuriated over the probe which according to several officials could also implicate a number of other Bosnian Serb leaders, Milorad …
Read More »Macedonian President Writes To Obama
On his first day after swearing the oath of office, Macedonia’s new President Georgi Ivanov wrote a letter to his US counterpart reaffirming his commitment to finding a solution to the long standing name row with neighboring Greece. “Let me point out our determination to keep up the dialogue with …
Read More »Slovenia Warns EU on Croatia Border
Slovenia said it will reject an EU proposal to use international arbitration to settle the ongoing border dispute with Croatia which threatens to stall Zagreb’s accession to the bloc, unless Brussels accepts Slovene amendments “Unless amendments which are of major importance to Slovenia are included, Slovenia will not accept the …
Read More »EU: Visa Liberalisation Speculation ‘Premature’
The EU has warned that speculation over when EU visa requirements will be lifted from Serbian citizens is ”premature”. Pierre Mirel, director of the West Balkan Directorate at the EU General Directorate for Enlargement, said the European Commission must first prepare well-founded and researched reports on the progress of the …
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