Eurasia News

Wartime Croatian Serb rebel leader Goran Hadzic Monday appeared before a UN war crimes court judge but declined to enter a plea on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Bulgarian parliament on Monday began debating a no-confidence motion, the third against Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s minority government since 2009. 

Azerbaijan Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev has said his country is approaching the European Union-backed Nabucco pipeline project “in a very positive manner.”

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay a visit on Wednesday to Baku, Azerbaijan. Erdoğan’s visit comes days after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to İstanbul in mid-July. During talks with Turkey’s leaders, Clinton reportedly called for ratification of

Croatia is on track to sign its European Union accession treaty in late November or early December and become the bloc’s 28th member in 2013, Poland, holder of the EU’s rotating presidency announced.

Macedonian parliament on Wednesday will vote on the new cabinet of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and its programme. The programme of the new government has three major goals and they are enhancing the ergonomic growth, country’s EU and NATO integration and the fight against corruption and organised crime.

Hague Tribunal war crimes indictee Goran Hadžić’s initial appearance before the court has been scheduled for 04:00 CET on Monday, July 25. His deputy, the South Korean O-Gon Kwon, has appointed himself as the pre-trial judge. He will ask Hadžić about the accommodation at the detention unit and his health.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule has stated that, by fulfilling its obligations to the Hague Tribunal, Serbia has got closer to the EU candidate status. However, said he, Belgrade must commit to other political reforms and improve relations with Kosovo before receiving the green light.

The government in Priština this week introduced a ten-percent tax on goods coming from Bosnia-Herzegovina, prompting this country to react. Sarajevo said it would file a complaint with the regional free trade organization CEFTA.

Croatian President Ivo Josipović says it would make sense if Hague indictee Goran Hadžić was tried in Croatia, the country “where he had committed the crimes”. When asked if Croatia would ask for Hadžić to be extradited to that country and whether that was possible, Josipović said that relevant rules …