Eurasia

Macedonia-Greece Meeting Announced

The prime ministers of neighboring Macedonia and Greece, Nikola Gruevski and George Papandreou, will convene on Friday to talk about ways of resolving their 18 years long name row. The two will convene at the sidelines of a trilateral climate change meeting between Albania, Macedonia and Greece which will take …

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Bosnian Envoy Delivers Stinging Attack

Obstructions by some Serb leaders and their confusion about the division of powers between different levels of government in Bosnia are keeping the country away from prosperity and democracy, a top international official said. “There is confusion in (Bosnia’s Serb-dominated part) Republika Srpska over the nature of the entity and …

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Romania’s Presidential King-Maker

The candidate who came third place in Romania’s presidential elections has thrown his support behind the runner-up in Sunday’s ballot Mircea Geoana, leader of the Social Democrats. Crin Antonescu finished third with 20.25 per cent of the vote, according to preliminary data with 86 per cent of the ballots counted.

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Serbian army base opens near border with Kosovo

Serbia on Monday opened its largest army base Jug (South) located near Bujanovac, just few kilometers off the border with Kosovo. Serbia’s top military and state officials attended the opening ceremony. The base is located some 30 kilometers off the border between Macedonia and Serbia. Local Albanian politicians warned of …

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Serbian part of the pan-European Corridor 10 highway to Be Completed in 2012

Serbian Minister of Infrastructure Milutin Mrkonjic says that works on the Serbian part of the pan-European Corridor 10 highway will continue next year, despite the tight government budget. Mrkonjic said he can guarantee that “the last section of 307 kilometers of Corridor 10 will be finished by May 2012.”

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Filat asks Putin to speed up loan provision

The Republic of Moldova counts on Russia’s assistance, and would like to complete credit negotiations as soon as possible, Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat said here today during his meeting with Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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Ballin: Macedonia deserves to start EU entry talks

The Netherlands will support visa liberalization and the start of Macedonia’s EU accession talks, Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin said on Monday. He made the remarks after the signing of a Memorandum of Intent for the Dutch MATRA Programme – project on strengthening the national penitentiary system in line …

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Slovenian interior minister to visit Macedonia

A high-level Slovenian Interior Ministry delegation, led by Minister Katarina Kresal and Police Commissioner Janko Gorsek, will visit Macedonia on November 23-24. Slovenian delegation will hold meetings with President Gjorge Ivanov and Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska.

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Bulgaria considers participating in EU police mission in Afghanistan

Bulgaria considers participating in the EU police mission in Afghanistan, announced Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Mladenov. This is to say that Bulgaria will send one or more experts. Mladenov did not specify from which ministry the expert would be – Interior Ministry, Foreign Ministry or Defense Ministry. The type and …

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