Eurasia Press & News
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg will arrive to Tbilisi today. His visit program has not yet been specified. According to preliminary information, Hammarberg will visit Tskhinvali and meet with the de facto authorities. Hammarberg’s main task is to secure the release of individuals who have been …
Read More »Popisuju imovinu potrebnu institucijama
SARAJEVO Vijeće ministara BiH zadužilo je u četvrtak Komisiju za državnu imovinu da u naredna dva mjeseca napravi preliminarnu listu imovine potrebne državnim institucijama. Odluka je usvojena većinom glasova, a protiv je bio samo Safet Halilović, ministar ljudskih prava i izbjeglica BiH. “Članovi Komisije ovu listu treba da utvrde konsenzusom”, …
Read More »Radikalne organizacije u BiH su pod nadzorom
SARAJEVO Sigurnosne agencije u Bosni i Hercegovini nadgledaju organizacije koje se povezuju s radikalizmom i zabranit će njihov rad ukoliko izađu iz zakonskog okvira. Izjavio je to Sadik Ahmetović, ministar sigurnosti BiH, u četvrtak na međunarodnoj ministarskoj konferenciji “Interkulturalni dijalog i unutrašnja sigurnost”, održanoj u Sarajevu. “Namjera nam je da …
Read More »Hague rejects Radic’s request for early release
The UN war crimes tribunal turned down on Wednesday an early release request from convicted war criminal Mladjo Radic. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2001 for crimes against Bosniaks committed during the 1992-1995 conflict, specifically the torture and killings of non-Serbs in the Omarska detention camp …
Read More »NATO Secretary General to visit Albania
The NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will travel to Tirana on 29 April 2010. He will meet with Albania’s President Bamir Topi, with Prime Minister Sali Berisha, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilir Meta and with Minister of Defense Arben Imami. The Secretary General will also meet with the …
Read More »Kosovo wants to be equally represented at EU-Balkans summit
Kosovo will attend the EU-Balkans summit in June only if the participants are equally represented, Spokesperson for Kosovo’s President Xhavit Beqiri said. If there are state symbols or flags, then Kosovo should enjoy the same privileges. If participants are identified by their names, that’s acceptable for
Read More »UN mediator Nimetz met with Ban-Ki-Moon
After holding separate meetings with negotiators Zoran Jolevski and Adamantios Vasilakis, UN mediator in Macedonian-Greek name dispute Matthew Nimetz met with UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon.
Read More »Moldovan delegation calls PACE to send mission to Transnistria
The Moldovan delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has called upon the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg to delegate a mission to Moldova’s Transnistrian region so as to help the Moldovan authorities release journalist Ernest Vardanyan from custody in Tiraspol.
Read More »Croatian Bosnian, Turkish FMs meet
The foreign ministers of Turkey, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina met on Wednesday in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday. Ahmet Davutoglu, Gordan Jandroković and Sven Alkalaj agreed that the relations between these three countries are of strategic importance for the improvement of the general situation in southeastern Europe.
Read More »Serbian PM meets with Cypriot president
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković met with Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias in Athens on Thursday. Cvetković and Christofias are taking part in a conference in Athens, Greece, organized by the Economist magazine. Cvetković thanked Christofias for Cyprus’s support to Serbia’s EU pathway, and to the preservation of the country’s sovereignty …
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