Eurasia Press & News
Greece’s eurozone creditors are demanding that the government in Athens introduce a six-day working week as part of the stiff terms for the country’s second bailout. The demand is contained in a leaked letter from the “troika” of the country’s lenders, the European commission, European Central Bank, and International Monetary …
Read More »Bosnian Serbs Shrug Off Socialist International Snub
The main Bosnian Serb party, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, has sounded a defiant note following its exclusion from the Socialist International.The Executive Secretary of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, Rajko Vasic, led by the Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, said the party will not go into …
Read More »Nikolic and Putin to Confer on Gas Pipeline
The two presidents are meeting in Russia to discuss the future of the South Stream pipeline, which will run through Serbia.For the second time since he was elected Serbian President, Tomislav Nikolic is paying a visit to Russia, where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on September …
Read More »Europeans to Observe Montenegrin Election
The parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe, PACE, is to send an observers’ mission to Montenegro – thus being the second international body to announce that it is monitoring the elections along with the OSCE.A team of 11 PACE parliamentarians are to observe the general elections in Montenegro, scheduled …
Read More »Macedonian Lustration Again Disputed Before Court
Macedonia’s new Lustration Law, aimed at rooting out former police collaborators, may encounter the fate as the previous one, as key provisions are again contested before the Constitutional Court.Macedonia’s Helsinki Committee for Human Rights and a retired lawyer, Stamen Filipov – in two separate motions filed to the court on …
Read More »EU Censures Bosnia For Missing Reform Deadline
Two senior Brussels officials on Monday criticised Bosnia for not keeping to the first EU deadline laid out in the so-called Road Map, relating to the Sejdic-Finci case.The Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan Fule, and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, on Monday said that Bosnia had …
Read More »Bulgaria Abandons Bid to Join Eurozone
PM and Finance MInister say they no longer see the benefits of Bulgaria joining the troubled single currency, even the country now satisfies all the criteria.Bulgaria has decided to postpone indefinitely its long-held plans to adopt the euro, the Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, have …
Read More »Kosovo to Extend EU Law Mission’s Mandate
The mandate of the EU’s rule of law mission, EULEX, will be extended before September 10, Kosovo Asssembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi said.Kosovo’s parliament is to vote this the week on a resolution to prolong the mandate of EULEX, the speaker of parliament said in Pristina. President Atifete Jahjaga has already …
Read More »Albania Waste Referendum Ruling Outrages Greens
Environmental activists are up in arms over the Electoral College’s decision to reject an appeal against a decision by the Central Electoral Commission, CEC, on a referendum on waste imports.The specialized court on electoral issues on Friday rejected an appeal from the Alliance Against Waste Imports, AKIP, which would have …
Read More »Kosovo Gets Green Light to Sell Off PTK
Ministry of Economic Development can proceed with the privatization of the Post and Telecommunications company, after a court threw out a complaint from Monaco Telecom.Kosovo’s government has received a green light to proceed with the privatization of 75 per cent of the shares in the Post and Telecom company, PTK, …
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