Eurasia

Agentul integrării europene este… poştaşul!

„Eu sunt sigur că avem capacitatea de a asigura oamenii cu salarii, pensii şi, în general, cu asistenţa socială, pe care o vor avea în premieră”. (Vlad Filat, TIMPUL, 17.08.2009) Dezbaterile din jurul viitorului AIE păcătuiesc, deseori, prin lipsa perspectivei. Se va alege sau nu se va alege preşedintele? Vor …

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BiH bliže ukidanju viza

Vijeće ministara BiH utvrdilo je na jučerašnjoj sjednici Prijedlog zakona o agenciji za prevenciju korupcije i koordinaciju borbe protiv korupcije. “Usvojili smo i strategije i akcione planove za borbu protiv korupcije, organizovanog kriminala te opojnih droga. Time smo ispunili najveći dio preostalih obaveza iz ‘mape puta’ za liberalizaciju viznog režima …

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Declaration by the Swedish Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the appointment of a Moldovan Government

The European Union welcomes the appointment of a Government in the Republic of Moldova, following the repeat parliamentary elections on 29 July. The European Union notes with satisfaction all political contributions to the democratic process following the elections and trusts that a climate of responsible cooperation will prevail as political …

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Jeremić: Chances good at ICJ

FM Vuk Jeremić says there is a very good chance that the International Court of Justice will rule that Kosovo’s unilateral independence declaration was illegal. “We’re hopeful. We’re confident of the strength of our legal arguments and it would be hard to impose political views on that court,“ Jeremić told …

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Trial of Gnjilane Group continues

The trial of the members of the so-called Gnjilane Group of the KLA has resumed at the District Court War Crimes Chamber in Belgrade. The accused are charged with torture and execution of civilians in Kosovo in 1999. Defendant Agus Memisi, who yesterday began his defense by denying all the …

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Bosnian community leaders to meet

Leaders of the three main political parties in Bosnia-Herzegovina are due to discuss the increasingly fraught political situation in the country next week. Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leader Dragan Čović proposed the meeting with his counterparts in the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) and Party of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), …

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Vlad Filat presents his Government`s work program

On Friday, Vlad Filat presented in parliament the work program of his Government called “European Integration: Freedom, Democracy and Welfare”. In his words, the document is based on 5 priorities: European integration; country reintegration; superiority of law; overcoming of financial and economic crisis and ensuring of economic growth; power decentralization …

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CHP leader hints at new beginning in EU ties

The main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP, leader’s meeting with European Union ambassadors Thursday has ended with no surprises. CHP leader Deniz Baykal attended a luncheon with EU envoys to Ankara under the initiative of the EU’s term president Sweden’s embassy. In his remarks reflected in Turkish dailies, Baykal …

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US official says no missile shield planned in Balkans

The United States will not move any missile defenses to the Balkans, a top U.S. official said Thursday. The statement comes after President Barack Obama dropped plans by predecessor George W. Bush for ground-based interceptor missiles in Poland and a related radar site in the Czech Republic to provide European …

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EU remains magnet for Balkan countries

Membership in the European Union remains a dream of all countries that emerged from the ashes of the former Yugoslav Federation, with some of them still far away from achieving of this goal. Nonetheless, the paper adds, the prospects are not all that bleak. Macedonia might get a date for …

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