Eurasia Press & News
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister has made it clear he will not nominate former Tsar Simeon Saxe-Coburg for the race for the soon-to-be-created post of European Union President. Boyko Borisov, who once served as a bodyguard to the former Tsar and Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg, vehemently opposed the suggestion made earlier in the …
Read More »Greece’s new PM arrives in Turkey to attend SEECP meeting
Leader of Greek socialist party PASOK, Georgios Papandreou, who is the new Prime Minister of the country after winning the October 4 general elections, is to arrive Friday in Istanbul to take part in the informal meeting of the foreign ministers in the South East European Co-operation Process (SEECP).
Read More »Emergency Talks Start to Break Bosnia’s Deadlock
Emergency negotiations, convened by senior European Union and US officials and attended by the leaders of Bosnia’s three main ethnic groups, have started in an attempt to break the country’s political deadlock. The meeting started with a joint dinner on Thursday evening and continued on Friday morning. It is taking …
Read More »Possible Athens-Skopje Meeting Announced
Greece’s newly elected prime minister George Papandreou and Macedonia’s foreign minister Antonio Milososki may convene Friday at the sidelines of a regional summit in Istanbul, Turkey, local media in both countries report. Both are present at the informal meeting of the Southeast European Cooperation Process, SEECP. A bilateral meeting would …
Read More »100-Year-Old Bulgarian Mosque Burned
A one hundred-year-old mosque burned to the ground in the northern Bulgarian town of Nikopol, amid accusations of arson, media report. Eyewitnesses told media that firefighters rushed the scene, but were too late as the flames quickly enveloped the entire building. Imam Gyursel Mimishev, speaking to Bulgarian National Television, said …
Read More »EC Wants to Unblock Serbia Trade Deal
A new European Commission, EC, document reportedly argues that the EU should unblock its Interim Trade Agreement with Serbia. Beta news agency reports that the EC is urging the unfreezing of the pact, arguing that the authorities in Serbia have proven their commitment to the country’s EU integration process and …
Read More »Macedonia Encyclopaedia Editor Sacked
The chief editor of the controversial Macedonia encyclopedia, which caused outrage among ethnic Albanians, has been removed from the post. Blaze Ristovski was discharged from his duties at a Wednesday afternoon session of the Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences, MANU, which released the tome. Ristovski had resisted pressure to …
Read More »Neaktiviranjem garancija zloupotrijebili položaj
Čelnici Vlade FBiH zloupotrijebili su položaj jer su u protekle tri godine odbijali aktivirati bankarske garancije od po 50 miliona KM godišnje kako bi osigurali da konzorcij INA-MOL provede ugovornu obavezu o investiranju 150 miliona KM u “Energopetrol”. Pokazala je to istraga Kantonalnog tužilaštva u Sarajevu o provedbi ugovora o …
Read More »Mesić: Relations in region worsening
Croatian President Stjepan Mesić says that relations in the region have reached a major impasse since Kosovo unilaterally declared independence. Normalization of relations between Zagreb and Belgrade slowed after Croatia recognized Kosovo independence, and Serbian indignation has begun to spill over into Bosnia-Herzegovina and is seriously undermining the situation in …
Read More »CIS foreign ministers to come together in Chisinau
A separate item on the agenda is the continuation of the multilateral cooperation between Georgia and the CIS following this country’s withdrawal from the organization. The Meeting of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council will take place in Chisinau on Thursday, October 8. Ministers from the 11 member states of the …
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