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MACEDONIA The five-pointed red star on Macedonia’s official coat of arms, could soon be consigned to history. The government has already decided to remove the star, which dates back to the period when the country was part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, local Dnevnik daily reveals on Friday.
Read More »Jeremić: EU bid still possible by year’s end
SERBIA Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić says that Serbia could submit its EU membership application before the end of the year, during the Swedish EU presidency. Jeremić said that, for Serbia, submitting the application was “strategically important, vital and crucial, and that it would draw a line under the international debate …
Read More »EULEX wants access to KPS files
KOSOVO EULEX wants to reach an agreement with the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) giving the mission access to all police information, writes Priština daily Koha Ditore. “EULEX wants to establish a permanent system that would allow it to make non-stop, ad hoc requests for access to the Kosovo police’s information,” …
Read More »Future Cabinet members can hold several nationalities
MOLDOVA The members of the new Government will be allowed to hold multiple nationalities, not only Moldovan. This is said in a bill with amendments to the Law on the Government, which was passed by a majority vote on Thursday. The given decision aroused the dissatisfaction of the parliamentary group …
Read More »Dodik pays visit to Plavšić
Biljana Plavšić is well and is delighted with the Hague’s decision to release her on October 27, says Republic of Srpska PM Milorad Dodik after visiting her. Stating that they had discussed a number of issues, Dodik said yesterday that Plavšić needed rest and rehabilitation after all the years that …
Read More »Parliament modifies Law on Government and agrees structure of new executive
MOLDOVA The new Government of Moldova will be composed of 16 ministries, as the previous one, and of 8 central administrative authorities. Two ministries were dissolved, while the name of some of the ministries was modified. A relevant decision was passed in first reading by a majority vote on September …
Read More »Mihai Ghimpu holds post of caretaker president legally
MOLDOVA The Constitutional Court Thursday ruled that Speaker Mihai Gimpu occupies the position of caretaker head of state legally. The Court’s president Dumitru Pulbere recognized the need to lay down clear rules as regards the procedure for taking over the post of president on an interim basis, stressing the importance …
Read More »Prosecution to appeal Suva Reka verdicts
SERBIA, ALBANIA The War Crimes Prosecution has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court over the verdicts in the 1999 Suva Reka war crimes case. The Supreme Court has been called on to quash the War Crimes Chamber’s decision to acquit Radoslav Mitrović, Nenad Jovanović and Zoran Petković, and to …
Read More »MPs pass decision on resignation of Greceanyi Government II
MOLDOVA The members of the Alliance for European Integration agreed a decision on the resignation of the Greceanyi Government II after criticizing it for its work. Acting Prime Minister Vitalie Parlog did not come to the Parliament to present a report on the executive’s work. The Government’s representative to the …
Read More »Albanian parliament approves new government
ALBANIA Albanian parliament voted Wednesday to approve the Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s new government. Berisha’s chosen ministers were confirmed by parliament late Wednesday in a 74-1 vote. The deputies of the opposition Socialist Party boycotted the session, demanding a probe into the results of parliamentary elections, which they say were …
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