The opposition Moldovan Communist Party (MCP) has accused the Ministry of Justice of backing and promoting extremist xenophobic organizations. Such a sharp charge was the Communists’ reaction to the recent registration of the National Christian Movement (NCM) by the MoJ. On Tuesday, Communist MP Grigore Petrenco stated at a news …
Read More »New U.S. ambassador in Serbia in mid-January
The New U.S. ambassador in Serbia is expected in mid-January, that country’s embassy press attaché Brian Stimmler said on Tuesday. Mary Warlick’s appointment must first be approved by the U.S. Senate, which has not yet voted on the issue. U.S. President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint Warlick to …
Read More »Human Rights Court says Bosnia Discriminates
Bosnia’s constitution discriminates against Jews and Roma by barring them from running for parliament and presidency based on their ethnic identity, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. The Strasbourg-based court issued its binding decision in response to a complaint filed by Dervo Sejdic, an official of an …
Read More »Serb Official to Quit if Mladic Remains Free
The Coordinator of Serbia’s Action Team for locating and arresting Hague indictees, Rasim Ljajic, has repeated earlier warnings that he will resign if the number-one war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic is not arrested by the end of this year. Ljajic said he must bear responsibility for having said that the …
Read More »Tadić: Candidate status in 2010
President Boris Tadić said in Stockholm on Tuesday that he expects Serbia to become a candidate for European Union membership next year. At a reception organized in his honor by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Tadić said that Serbia will be a positive surprise to Europe in the coming year, …
Read More »Kosovo’s Serbs on historic trip to Albania
A delegation of Serbian representatives of Kosovo institutions has embarked on a historic trip to Albania upon an invitation of the government in Tirana. Kosovo Serb delegation, led by Slobodan Petrovic, Member of Kosovo Assembly Presidency, met with Albanian Foreign Minister Ilir Meta on Tuesday.
Read More »OHR popisao državnu imovinu
Ured visokog predstavnika međunarodne zajednice završio je popis državne imovine, a politički dogovor o njenoj raspodjeli i vlasništvu odgovornost je domaćih političkih lidera, izjavio je Valentin Incko, visoki predstavnik, prilikom jučerašnje prezentacije baze podataka o državnoj imovini. “Naš tim napravio je popis imovine koju je BiH dobila sukcesijom SFRJ i …
Read More »Gruevski: Macedonia Ruling Coalition Doing Well
Macedonian Prime Minister and leader of the main ruling party VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, said that he was satisfied with the functioning of the partnership between the VMRO-DPMNE and its junior partner, the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration, DUI. Gruevski said that communication with the DUI was “relatively good” and …
Read More »Vukčević, Marty on Kosovo organ trade case
Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević has meet with CoE Parliamentary Assembly Rapporteur Dick Marty in Zurich, Switzerland. Vukčević informed Marty about the latest findings of his office in the Kosovo organ trade case, the prosecution said in a statement in Belgrade on Tuesday.
Read More »EU to support Moldova in realization of European integration perspectives: Herman Van Rompuy
European Union will support Moldova with concrete actions in the realization of the perspectives for European integration, said the EU President Herman Van Rompuy at a meeting with Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin, who is paying a visit to Brussels to attend the meeting of the Co-operation Council Moldova-EU. According to …
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