Eurasia Press & News
RUSSIA Russia and Bulgaria have never had secret agreements on the energy projects, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said. “If legitimate decisions passed by the previous government are rejected every time, then how can we possibly work with this country! All projects have been openly discussed in Europe. We passed …
Read More »Another delay of Burgas-Alexandoupolis expected
GREECE Greek socialist leader George Papandreou attacked the ruling cabinet over the three-way intergovernmental agreement for the construction of the Burgas-Alexandoupolis oil pipeline. According to Papandreou, the agreement services only the interests of the Russian part and made it clear that it is possible to renegotiate the contract conditions if …
Read More »Bulgarian PM tones down towards Macedonia
BULGARIA Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov assumed a calmer tone after his first statement about the tragedy in Ohrid. “We have wonderful relations with your prime minster. Yesterday, your foreign minister, together his Bulgarian counterpart, attended the ceremony of paying last respect to the victims. The 15 Bulgarian tourists died …
Read More »Uhapšene desetine policajaca sa sertifikatom IPTF-a
BiH Pripadnici policijskih agencija u BiH u proteklih sedam godina uhapsili su više desetina svojih kolega zbog učešća u ratnim zločinima i povezanosti s organiziranim kriminalom. Većina uhapšenih prošla je provjeru IPTF-a, završenu 2002. godine, i nakon toga ih niko više nije provjeravao. “Zadnju provjeru policajaca radio je IPTF, koji …
Read More »CC rejects request of Parliament’s representative to stop examination of Communists’ contestation
MOLDOVA The Constitutional Court (CC) did not agree to stop considering the application filed by the PCRM, as requested by the Parliament’s representative. The party disputes the legality of the decisions made by the Alliance for European Integration on August 28, in the absence of the Communist MPs, Info-Prim Neo …
Read More »Constitutional Court has no reason to declare Ghimpu’s election as unlawful
MOLDOVA Local political scientists and constitutional law experts seem to be unanimous in the opinion that the Moldovan Constitutional Court has no reason for regarding the election of Mihai Ghimpu speaker of parliament as unlawful. Former Constitutional Court Judge Nicolae Osmochescu stated on the ProTV-Chisinau channel last night that even …
Read More »Dačić: OSCE agreement to boost Schengen hopes
SERBIA Interior Minister Ivica Dačić and OSCE Mission Chief Hans Ola Urstad have signed an agreement on a strategic partnership and priorities in police reform. Dačić said that the agreement was important for visa liberalization, as the strategy it contains will enable the implementation of all the remaining criteria from …
Read More »EU: Agreement benefits Priština too
SERBIA, KOSOVO The EU supports the signing of an agreement on technical cooperation between EULEX and Belgrade, and is now explaining the benefits of the deal to Priština. EU sources told Beta in Brussels today that this was the thrust of EULEX official Karin Lindahl’s statement, who stressed that the …
Read More »NATO-led force in Kosovo has new commander
KOSOVO In a ceremony held at KFOR HQ in Priština on Tuesday, German General Markus Bentler took over as commander of the NATO-led force in Kosovo. He replaced Italian General Giuseppe Emilio Gay. The outgoing commander said that a gradual reduction of NATO members would not mean the end of …
Read More »Sejdiu on missing Albanians
ALBANIA Fatmir Sejdiu has promised the families of missing Albanians that he will use his authority to order the identification of human remains as soon as possible. The Kosovo president is the first provincial official to visit the mothers of missing persons, who have been striking in front of the …
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