Eurasia Press & News
Following months of political bickering within the Democratic Party, Dragan Djilas, has been elected the party’s new leader.Dragan Djilas was elected as the new leader of the opposition Democratic Party, DS, at an early party electoral assembly in Belgrade’s Sava Center on Sunday. He received 2,386 votes, while his rival, …
Read More »Serbia Arrests Another Ex Minister for Abuse of Office
The former Agriculture Minister, Sasa Dragin, and eight more people have been detained on suspicion of abuse of office, as a part of Serbia’s drive to root out corruption.Dragin and other eight suspects were arrested on Saturday on suspicion of abuse of office involving illegal sale of mineral fertilizers which …
Read More »Kosovo Court Acquits Serb of War Crimes
A mixed panel of two EULEX judges and one Kosovo judge at the District Court of Pristina acquitted Aleksandar Bulatovic of war crimes.Bulatovic was accused of having taken part in a group that allegedly abused a Kosovo Albanian, Xheladin Idrizi, who was found dead in Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje, in 1999.
Read More »Kandic Voices Surprise at Generals’ Acquittal
Natasa Kandic, head of the Humanitarian law center, paid homage to the victims of the 1991 Vukovar massacre on Saturday – while expressing surprise at the recent acquittals of the two Croatian generals in The Hague.Kandic has represented the families of the victims of the 1991 Vukovar massacre at the …
Read More »EU’s Fule To Judge Bosnia’s ‘Road Map’ Progress
Bosnian leaders are to meet Europe’s Enlargement Commissioner, Stefan Fule, on Tuesday, after five months in which few promised reforms were undertaken.The European Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan Fule, will meet Bosnian authorities on Tuesday in Sarajevo for another high-level meeting on Bosnia’s EU integration process. But, as key long-awaited reforms …
Read More »Bosnian Serb Chief Tried to Bribe Me, Reporter Says
Domagoj Margetic, a journalist from Croatia, says the president of the Republika Srpska tried to bribe and threaten him not to reveal his alleged ties to the Hypo Bank corruption case.Margetic, who wrote series of groundbreaking stories on the Hypo Alpe Adria Banka affair, said in Banja Luka that Dodik, …
Read More »PM Says Romania Can’t Afford New Political Crisis
Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta pledged to bury his political feud with President Traian Basescu after next month’s parliamentary elections, predicting he will return as premier and turn his full attention to the country’s economic and social challenges.
Read More »Bulgaria confirms candidacy for OECD membership
In a letter to the Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Jose Angel Gurría, the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov stated that Bulgaria confirms its candidacy for full membership.
Read More »Serbia Launches Fightback Over Hague Verdicts
Following the surprise acquittal in The Hague of two Croatian Army generals, Serbia has launched a diplomatic battle against the decision before the UN and the International Court of Justice.Serbia has launched an international drive against the acquittal of Croatian army generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac by the UN …
Read More »Montenegro’s Deportation Verdict Criticised
Montenegro’s civil society organisations and its Bosniak community have condemned the acquittal of nine former police officers, charged with committing a war crime against refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992.The Bosniak community in Montenegro has fiercely criticised the verdict in the trial of nine policemen charged with deportation of …
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