Serbian President Boris Tadić will attend the constitutive session of the RS assembly in Banja Luka on Monday. The new president of the Serb republic in Bosnia, Milorad Dodik, will be inaugurated. RS parliament speaker Igor Radojičić, who will be renominated for the post, has said that beside Tadić, a …
Read More »EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom congratulated BiH for visa liberalisation
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom on Friday, November 12th, congratulated Bosnian officials for their efforts that led to visa liberalisation. After talks with Malmstrom in Sarajevo, BiH Prime Minister Nikola
Read More »Bulgaria, Russia sign South Stream agreement
Bulgaria and Russia established a joint venture last Saturday to handle construction of the South Stream natural gas pipeline on Bulgarian territory. The agreement was signed during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Sofia. He and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov
Read More »EULEX advises suspects not to run in Kosovo elections
EULEX has advised two officials from the party of outgoing Prime Minister Hashim Thaci not to run in the December 12th snap elections, as they are under investigation for corruption and organised crime, media reported on Friday (November 12th). EULEX deputy head Andy Sparks said that including Fatmir Limaj and …
Read More »Brammertz visits Serbia on Monday
UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz will visit Belgrade today to discuss Serbia’s co-operation with the court. He is scheduled to meet with Serbia’s President Boris Tadic, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and head of the national council for co-operation with The Hague tribunal, Rasim Ljajic. Brammertz writes regular …
Read More »War crimes suspect detained in Croatia
Croatian police detained on last Friday one person for suspected war crimes committed in 1991 and issued arrest warrants for four others. The five were allegedly involved in killing 12 members of the Vinkovci-based special police unit in Borovo Selo, eastern Croatia, in 1991. The 12 police officers went to …
Read More »Russia believes NATO summit will completely put an end to the post-Cold War
Russia believes the Russia-NATO summit in Lisbon will completely put an end to the post-Cold War period. The summit will set guidelines toward a strategic partnership, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
Read More »Moldova seeks NATO support in withdrawing Russian troops from Transnistria
Acting President Mihai Ghimpu sent a letter to the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Anders Fogh Rasmussen, asking him to provide support in the pullout of the Russian troops from the Transnistrian region. In his letter, Mihai Ghimpu says
Read More »Romanian President is certain about Romania’s Schengen entry date
Romanian President Traian Basescu declared that the procedures leading to Romania joining the Schengen Zone March 2011 are going smoothly. He said that he is optimistic about Romania’ s chances to join Schengen on spring 2011. He is certain that the EU member states will support Romania on her way …
Read More »Bosnia’s new tripartite presidency inaugurated
Bosnia’s new tripartite president was inaugurated yesterday in Sarajevo, following 3 October general elections that saw the Bosniak seat go to Bakir Izetbegovic; the Croat seat go to Zeljko Komsic; and the Serb seat go to Nebojsa Radmanovic. The three will serve a four-year mandate.
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