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Romania’s anti-graft drive risks delays after the business of naming new heads for the country’s main anti-corruption institutions hit an obstacle.Romania’s Superior Council of Magistrates, CSM, on Thursday rejected ministerial nominations for the posts of Chief Prosecutor and head of the National Anti-Corruptin Directorate, the DNA. The CSM, tasked with …

Ruling coalition names two new ministers and a deputy minister on Thursday after the Party of Democratic Action, SDA, was forced into opposition.Bosnia’s State Parliament on November 22 named Fahrudin Radoncic as the new Security Minister, Zekerijah Osmic as Defence Minister and Edita Djapo as Deputy Finance Minister. All three …

The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution says that an MP is endangering its independence by alleging that it did not prosecute organ trafficking claims in Kosovo in 1990s.Speaking this week at a parliamentary session, Milovan Drecun, the head of the parliamentary commission for Kosovo and Metohija, said that the Serbian War …

Bulgaria confirmed Thursday its desire to become a full-fledged member of the OECD through a letter from Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. The letter was handed to OECD Secretary General Angel Guria by Bulgaria’s Ambassador to France Marin Raykov, according to the press office of Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry. Raykov emphasized Bulgaria’s …

The leader of the Serb-dominated entity in Bosnia marked the 17th anniversary of the Dayton Accords by urging Bosnia’s transformation into confederation of three units, including a new entity for Croats.Milorad Dodik, president of Republika Srpska, the mainly Serbian entity in Bosnia, said the Dayton Accords of November 21, 1995 …

The Croat member of Bosnia’s state presidency, Zeljko Komsic, has met leaders of the opposition Nasa Stranka [Our Party] with a view to forming a joint bloc in the 2014 electionZeljko Komsic recently met leaders of Nasa Stranka [Our Party], a small left-oriented opposition party, to discuss campainging together in …

Blerim Shala, an MP and the vice-president of an opposition party, has been appointed Kosovo’s Political Coordinator in the EU-led talks with Serbia.Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, on Thursday named Blerim Shala as the country’s political coordinator in the EU-led dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Shala’s appointment was publicised on Thursday …

Nine former police officers were once again found not guilty for committing a war crime against civilians from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992.The presiding judge, Milanka Zizic, said while explaining the verdict that the defendants had arrested civilians unlawfully but that they cannot be held liable for committing a war …

The ICTY Chief Prosecutor says he is disappointed with the acquittal of two Croatian generals, while Serbia announces prosecution of crimes committed during the Croatian military operation Storm.In his first reaction after the Hague Tribunal, ICTY, acquitted the Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac, Serge Brammertz, the ICTY Chief …