Eurasia Press & News
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 …
Read More »Mandat stranim sudijama i tužiocima nije produžen
BiH Predstavnički dom parlamenta BiH nije jučer usvojio u prvom čitanju izmjene zakona o Sudu BiH i Tužilaštvu BiH kojim se produžava mandat međunarodnim sudijama i tužiocima koji rade na predmetima ratnih zločina. Izmjene ovih zakona nisu dobile potrebnu većinu iz RS te će biti upućene na usaglašavanje. Mandat međunarodnim …
Read More »Constitutional Court will consider the Communist Party’s inquiry on September 8
MOLDOVA The Constitutional Court of Moldova will consider on September 8 the Communist Party’s inquiry concerning whether or not the parliamentary majority acted in compliance with constitutional norms last Friday. According to the Court’s press service, reports concerning the MCP’s inquiry and its examination will be made by two CC …
Read More »Communist Party has announced the formation of its faction in Parliament
MOLDOVA On Thursday, the Communists submitted corresponding documents to the Parliament Secretariat. MP Vladimir Turcan told Infotag the MCP faction consists of 48 lawmakers, who have elected Maria Postoiko, a former Deputy Speaker, as their faction chairwoman. Since the moment of the document filing with the Secretariat, the MCP faction …
Read More »Rehn: EU must recognize Serbia’s progress
SERBIA EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn says the EU Council of Ministers could soon take a decision on unfreezing the Interim Trade Agreement with Serbia. Speaking at a meeting of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Rehn said that Serbia was one step away from a surefire place on the …
Read More »“EULEX to offer Serbia two more agreements”
SERBIA Besides the protocol on police cooperation, EULEX has drafted two more agreements on cooperation with Serbia in customs and justice, says a Priština daily. Quoting unnamed sources, daily Koha Ditore writes that the protocols on cooperation in the fields of customs and justice are due to be signed by …
Read More »Ulemek appeal continues
SERBIA The Supreme Court will continue to hear Milorad Ulemek and Zvezdan Jovanović’s appeal against their conviction for the murder of late PM Zoran Đinđić today. The public part of the trial began yesterday in a courtroom at the Belgrade District Prison with a statement by Judge Bata Cvetković (presiding) …
Read More »Ukraine promises no “Christmas jokes” on gas deliveries
UKRAINE Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday offered reassurances to Europe’s natural gas consumers, saying a recent agreement with the Kremlin on fuel deliveries had eliminated chances of another Russian gas blockade. ‘Ukraine and Russia are convinced, that this Christmas there will not be any of the traditional jokes, …
Read More »Georgian foreign ministry mulls cooperation between Georgia & U.S state of Georgia
GEORGIA Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister, David Jalaganiya and Assistant to the Georgian honorary council in the Atlanta city, Scott Henwood held a meeting at the Georgian foreign Ministry. The meeting mulled cooperation between Georgia and the U.S state of Georgia, as well as the project on development of agrarian industry …
Read More »Five-sided meeting on incident prevention in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone to be held
GEORGIA The next five-sided meeting on incident prevention will be held in the village of Ergneti in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone on September 3. The meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m., the head of the Analytical Department of the Georgian Interior Ministry, Shota Utiashvili, said. It is being held in …
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