Eurasia

Albanian PM says he is ready to meet opposition Socialist Party leader

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said on Thursday that he is ready to meet opposition Socialist Party leader Edi Rama, adding that he hopes that the meeting would be fruitful in terms of overcoming the political impasse. PM Berisha on Wednesday met with representatives of European institutions in Tirana. The …

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Croat PM urges better relations with Serbia

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said in Berlin that relations between Serbia and Croatia must turn towards the future. She said about the cooling of relations between the neighboring countries after the Croatian president’s statement of the possibility of a military intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina – that politicians need to think …

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Serbia breaches a deal with IMF

The International Monetary Fund said Serbia has breached its stand-by funding agreement by allocating more than previously agreed sum for public sector wages in its 2010 budget. Serbia has allocated 120 million euros more than pre-agreed with the Fund, B92 quoted the IMF Resident Representative in Serbia, Bogdan Lissovolik, as …

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Mihai Ghimpu asks decision-makers to prepare the Regulatory Framework for the implementation of the Moldovan-Romanian projects

On Tuesday evening, during a meeting with the decision-making factors, Mihai Ghimpu asked them to prepare the regulatory, institutional and technical framework for implementing Moldo-Romanian projects debated during the recent visit of the Romanian President Traian Basescu to Chisinau.

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Bulgaria’s Georgieva Quizzed in EP

Bulgaria’s new EC commissioner designate responsible for international co-operation, humanitarian aid and crisis response, Kristalina Georgieva, seemed to impress her inquisitors in the EU Parliament during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Several MEPs congratulated Georgieva’s command of her new proposed portfolio, including British Labour MEP Michael Cashman, who praised Georgieva’s …

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Kosovo seeks UK support to Kosovo’s UN membership

Kosovo Parliament Speaker Jakup Krasniqi called on Britain to continue to support Kosovo’s efforts to join the United Nations and other international organizations. During his stay in London, Krasniqi met with House of Commons Speaker John Berkow. Krasniqi called on British government to hail the strategy of the authorities in …

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