The Central Election Commission (CIK) confirmed at a session Tuesday (November 2nd) the results from the October 3rd general elections. At a state level, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), which emerged as the biggest Bosniak party in the vote, will get eight seats in the House of Representatives, while the …
Read More »Turkish PM to visit Kosovo
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Kosovo on November 3 and 4. He is scheduled to hold talks with Kosovo’s acting president Jakup Krasniqi and meet with the Turkish community in the towns of Prizren and Mamusa.
Read More »Macedonian PM meets with Ukraine’s president
Macedonia and Ukraine have perfect political relations, which should be also backed by bilateral economic cooperation, Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said after meeting Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych in Kiev. Gruevski, who is on an official two-day visit, said further
Read More »UN Security Council to hold Kosovo session on Nov. 12
The UN Security Council will hold session on Kosovo on November 12. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed in his latest quarterly report to the UN Security Council the announcement that the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština will begin soon, and expressed readiness
Read More »Georgian FM: Greece ready to assist Georgia in European and Euro-Atlantic integration process
Greece is ready to assist Georgia in the European and Euro-Atlantic integration process. Greek officials made the statement during recent Georgian-Greek political consultations in Tbilisi, the Georgian Foreign Ministry told Trend. The consultations were attended by the heads of the two countries’ foreign ministry departments. Within the talks, head of …
Read More »Ukrainian Defense Minister to visit Georgia
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Yezhel will arrive in Tbilisi today on a two-day visit, the Georgian Defense Ministry said. He will meet with his Georgian counterpart Bacho Akhalaia later this afternoon. Tomorrow, Yezhel will attend a wreath-laying ceremony at a memorial dedicated to the Georgian
Read More »Georgian not to comment on Russian spy issue
The presidential administration of Georgia on Tuesday said that it would not make any comment on the issue of Russian spies. Manana Manjgaladze, spokesperson for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, told a press briefing that the president’s administration would not make any comment on the issue until further deals become known.
Read More »Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Athens attack doesn’t target Bulgaria
The bomb mail received Tuesday in the Bulgarian embassy in Athens has not specifically targeted Bulgaria, according to a statement by Bulgarian foreign affairs minister Nikolay Mladenov. Speaking for the Bulgarian National Radio, Mladenov said that in view of the series of a total of 10 bomb mailings sent out …
Read More »BiH’s Izetbegovic offers personal apology for wartime victims
Newly elected member of the tripartite presidency Bakir Izetbegovic on Monday (November 1st) apologised for every innocent victim killed by the BiH army. Speaking to Serbian radio B92, Izetbegovic said all innocent victims are equal and offered his personal apology, but at the same time
Read More »Serbia likely to receive EU candidate status in 13 months
EU candidate status could be granted in December 2011, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic told a press conference after a meeting of the EU integration committee on Monday (November 1st). He added that on November 24th, the European Commission (EC) will send a form containing between 4,000 and 5,000 …
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