Slovakia is planning on return 139 of its KFOR mission soldiers from Kosovo and leaving only 20 soldiers to work in the intelligence services. “By the end of 2010, the motorized unit which is serving in Kosovo under the NATO flag could return home. There is no longer a need …
Read More »K. ministry official to Montenegro: Think it over
Ministry for Kosovo State Secretary Oliver Ivanović said that Montenegro should think hard before establishing diplomatic relations with Kosovo. “They have at least 30 percent of their population considering themselves to be Serbs and are adamantly against the decision. It is not good to have that many dissatisfied people on …
Read More »Air connection to be resumed between Tbilisi and Moscow
From 8 to 10 January, Airzena – Georgian Airways Company will carry out Moscow-Tbilisi flights, for which permission was obtained from the Transport Ministry of Russia, the head of public relations department of the company Nino Giorgobiani told Trend Capital on Jan. 4. “It will be charter flights in both …
Read More »Georgios Papandreou meets with Mirko Cvetkkovic and Boris Tadic in Belgrade
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Greece Georgios Papandreou is to visit Belgrade today. Papandreou will take part in the annual conference of ambassadors to Serbia. During the visit in Belgrade he will meet with his counterpart Mirko Cvetkovic and the president of the state Boris Tadic.
Read More »Russia fleet may stay in Ukraine if Tymoshenko becomes president
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko warned that in case Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko wins presidential elections this month the Russian Black Sea Fleet will remain in Ukraine’s Crimea after 2017. Russia’s Black Sea Fleet uses a range of naval facilities in Ukraine’s Crimea, including a base in Sevastopol, as part of …
Read More »Serbia to File Genocide Suit Against Croatia
Serbia will on Monday file a countersuit before the International Court of Justice, ICJ, against Croatia for genocide allegedly committed against Serbs during the war in 90s and World War II. “There is a lot of material which will turn on the lights on the international stage and show what …
Read More »Montenegro Unclear on Kosovo Links
Montenegrin top officials disagree on the timing of when the country should establish diplomatic links with Kosovo, with some arguing that a swift exchange of ambassadros may hinder Podgorica’s relations with Serbia Montenegro recognised Kosovo’s independence on 9 October, 2008, one day after the UN General Assembly accepted Serbia’s draft …
Read More »Former PM Stuns Croatia by Announcing Return to Politics
Former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader stunned Croatia on Sunday by announcing his return to politics, a move which some officials warned could bring down the coalition government led by his conservative party, the Croatian Democratic Union. “The decision to retire from politics was completely wrong,” Sanader told a hastily organised …
Read More »Bulgaria backs Serbia’s EU bid, unlikely to change stance on Kosovo – ambassador
Bulgaria will continue to support Serbia’s bid to join the European Union, but was unlikely to withdraw its recognition of the independence of Kosovo, Sofia’s top diplomat in Belgrade said on January 2. “Membership in the EU means that the country is stable, progressive and predictable and such a Serbia …
Read More »Usvojen budžet BiH za narednu godinu
Predstavnički dom i Dom naroda parlamenta BiH u srijedu su na posebnim sjednicama usvojili budžet BiH za narednu godinu u iznosu od oko 1.365.000.000 KM. Usvojenim budžetom parlament je za 10 odsto smanjio izdvajanja za usluge prevoza i goriva institucijama čije su poslovanje revizori ocijenili lošim. Za finansiranje institucija BiH …
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