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Athens and Skopje could reach a deal on their name row if they focus solely on finding a compromise appelation, Macedonia’s President Georgi Ivanov says. “Various non negotiable issues, such as Macedonian identity and language […] were included in the past talks,” Ivanov told the chief editors of German media …
Read More »Russia to Support Serbia at ICJ
Russia will defiantly support Serbia at the International Court of Justice’s hearing on Kosovo’s declaration of independence, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says. Serbia filed a case against Kosovo after its unilateral declaration of independence in February 2008. The International Court of Justice hearing, which is to probe the legitimacy, or …
Read More »EC Urged to Expand Visa-Free Scheme
The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has urged the European Commission, EC, to change its plan for visa-liberalisation in the Balkans. The committee asked the EC to tentatively add Albania and Bosnia to the White Schengen list, pending the fulfillment of benchmarks, and to urgently open talks on the visa …
Read More »IMF to Help Serbia, if it Reforms
The governor of the National Bank of Serbia, Radovan Jelasic, says that the IMF is ready to help Serbia, but “only if there is serious reform”. Following the conclusion of the annual IMF-World Bank meetings in Istanbul, the Serbian government has less than three weeks to decide on how to …
Read More »Albania and Serbia in Diplomatic Flirtation
Albania’s Foreign Minister Ilir Meta and his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic, have agreed to strengthen cooperation between their two countries. The pair’s meeting came on the sidelines of a regional conference of the so-called Visegrad states in Budapest on Tuesday, and was followed by a joint press conference. While the …
Read More »Mufti: Religious rights threatened
Chief mufti of the Islamic Community in Serbia, Muamer Zukorlić, has told EP Rapporteur Jelko Kacin that the rights of Serbian Muslims are in danger. Zukorlić met with Kacin in Slovenia to gave him a detailed report on the state of religious rights in Serbia, especially the “unlawful behavior of …
Read More »NGO to release victim census for Kosovo
The Humanitarian Law Center will present to victims’ families the results of their census of dead and missing persons in Kosovo from January 1998 to Dec. 2000. According to the center, 13,321 individuals were killed, wounded or went missing during the armed conflicts in Kosovo in the period from January …
Read More »Previous administration of Interior Ministry was excessively politicized, Victor Catan
MOLDOVA The major reforms will center on the certification of the personnel and liquidation of corruption pyramids inside the Ministry, the Minister of the Interior told. The new Minister of the Interior wants to improve the reputation of the police in the society. According to Victor Catan, the image of …
Read More »Vote to elect head of state could take place on October 23 or 26
Communist MP Grigore Petrenko said that the PCRM is preparing for early elections and will not support the Alliance’s candidate for head of state. The members of the Parliament’s Standing Bureau Monday voted for the inclusion of the decision on the creation of the special parliamentary commission for the election …
Read More »Papandreou’s victory sparks optimism for Turkey ties
Optimism is on the rise around the Aegean Sea after Greece’s main opposition party, PASOK, takes victory in elections, according to experts and observers. The man most likely to become prime minister, George Papandreou, is known for his friendly stance toward Turkey and a historic rapprochement he worked on with …
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