Eurasia Press & News
BiH The Bosnian Serb political scene was shaken up over the weekend by the news that prominent former politician Dragan Kalinic may return to public life, after being given permission to do so by Bosnia’s High Representative Valentin Inzko. Kalinic may provide the biggest challenge yet to undisputed Bosnian Serb …
Read More »IMF Mission Arrives in Serbia Today
SERBIA An IMF mission arrives in Belgrade on Monday to review whether Serbia has met the requirements of a €2.92 billion IMF standby loan approved in April. The IMF delegation, headed by Albert Jaeger, is set to meet Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, Finance Minister Diana Dragutinovic and Labour and …
Read More »Dan Dungaciu: „Unirea cu România, o cale de integrare a Moldovei în UE”
ROMANIA Fostul subsecretar de stat în MAE afirmă că despre un parcurs normal de aderare a Chişinăului la spaţiul comunitar s-ar putea vorbi, cel mai devreme, peste 20 de ani. Este România pregătită să-şi regândească relaţia cu Rusia? Dar Moscova este interesată de o dezgheţare a legăturilor cu Bucureştiul? În …
Read More »Şi totuşi, Ribbentrop-Molotov!
„Parlamentele multor state… consideră înţelegerea încheiată la 23 august 1939, între Guvernul URSS şi Guvernul Germaniei, ca nulă ab initio şi cer lichidarea consecinţelor politico-juridice ale acesteia” (Declaraţia de Independenţă, 27 august 1991) De câte ori a fost condamnat Pactul Ribbentrop-Molotov? De multe ori. Şi în multe locuri. De fiecare …
Read More »Key state posts will be held by PLDM, PL and PDM
MOLDOVA None of the three main positions in the state will be ceded to the Communists. They will be held by the Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM), the Liberal Party (PL) and the Democratic Party (PDM). The statements were made by the PL leader Mihai Ghimpu. “The Moldova Noastra Alliance (AMN) …
Read More »Voronin and Medvedev confer on bilateral cooperation issues in Sochi
RUSSIA Moldova’s president Vladimir Voronin discussed regional problems and methods of overcoming the economic crisis with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev at a bilateral meeting in Sochi on Friday. “Regardless of the political seasons in Russia or in Moldova, our relations are an important factor that unites our countries,” the …
Read More »Serbia names ambassador to NATO
BELGRADE The government has appointed Branislav Milinković as Serbia’s ambassador to NATO. The Belgrade newspaper explains that this was done on Monday, and that Milinković has been Serbia’s special envoy to the western military alliance since 2004. Milinković was sent to Brussels five years ago as representative of the then …
Read More »EULEX chief meets with K. Albanian leaders
PRISTINA EULEX chief Yves de Kermabon says a protocol between the EU mission and Serbia’s MUP is not related to the so-called six point plan. He met in Priština yesterday with the Kosovo Albanian leaders, President Fatmir Sejdiu and PM Hashim Thaci, to discuss the signing of the police cooperation …
Read More »Turkey puts efforts into improving relations with Kurds
TURKEY Turkey has begun restoring names of Kurdish villages and is considering allowing religious sermons to be made in Kurdish as part of reforms to answer the grievances of the ethnic minority and advance its EU candidacy. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has said his government will push democratic reforms to …
Read More »Belgrade-Tirana relations sharpen
SERBIA, ALBANIA Belgrade-Tirana relations can sharpen after Sali Berisha’s statement about national unity of Albanians in the mother land and Kosovo, representative of the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija in the Serbian government Oliver Ivanovic said. Tirana’s official response to Belgrade’s protest note about “cooperation between Republic of Albania and …
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