Eurasia Press & News
BULGARIA “The Council of Ministers passed a decree for cutting the expenses at the institutions and increasing the revenues collectability. It is expected for the measures to secure balanced budget by the end of 2009. The measures envisaging restriction of the expenses met the positive evaluation of the participants at …
Read More »Karadzic seeks time to ready for war crimes trial
HOLLAND Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said on Friday he needs precisely 14,171 extra hours to prepare his defense against charges of war crimes committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian war, because of the sheer scope of documents and testimony that must be reviewed. Karadzic’s request comes days after prosecutors …
Read More »Democratic initiative, protocols with Armenia likely to be praised in EU progress report on Turkey
TURKEY The European Commission’s progress report on Turkey, which is expected to be released on Oct. 14, is likely to include praise for the government’s democratic initiative involving the country’s Kurds and the recent protocols announced between Turkey and Armenia.
Read More »I will not hand in my resignation: Macedonian justice minister
MACEDONIA Macedonian Justice Minister Mihajlo Manevski declared he will not hand in his resignation. Manevski made a statement for the newspaper in reference to the information that international representatives have required for Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to dismiss the minister because of the way he works and the serious remarks …
Read More »Almost half of Macedonian MPs declare not being attached to secret services
MACEDONIA Almost half of the 240 members of the Macedonian parliament have declared that they have not collaborated to the secret services in the first three days of the lustration process.
Read More »Spaska Mitrova cannot be pardoned, Macedonian president says in letter
MACEDONIA Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov has sent a letter to the mother of Spaska Mitrova, explaining to her that he cannot meet her request and pardon her daughter – Gevgelija resident, who has a Bulgarian passport, without referring the case to the authorities in charge.
Read More »Violent Clash in Mitrovica
KOSOVO A violent clash broke out in Mitrovica last night, with groups of Serbs and Albanians hurling stones at each other. No injuries were reported. The incident is believed to be linked to a fight between groups of Serb and Albanian youths at a football match on Wednesday, which left …
Read More »Students Back Demilitarisation as NATO Exercise Starts
BiH The operational phase of NATO’s first major exercise in Bosnia kicked off on Friday in the north-western town of Banja Luka, as Banja Luka University students rallied for the demilitarisation of the country. “The meetings are not in protest and we are not gathering against something or somebody. To …
Read More »Croatia to Appeal Release of Alleged War Criminal
CROATIA Croatian Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic has not given up on the extradition or imprisonment of suspected war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic, the Croatian Times reports. Simonovic says he still believes that Vasiljkovic will be re-incarcerated or extradited to Croatia despite his seemingly imminent release from an Australian jail. The Croatian …
Read More »Bosnia Makes No Progress on Corruption
BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina has made no recent progress in its struggle against rampant corruption, the Bosnian branch of Transparency International, TI, reports. TI presented its findings at a Sarajevo press conference on Thursday. “Bosnia and Herzegovina has not achieved progress in implementing anti-corruption reforms and, unfortunately […] it is …
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