Eurasia Press & News
SARAJEVO, BiH Agencija za državnu službu BiH imenovat će danas Lidiju Topić za direktora Direkcije za evropske integracije BiH (DEI), rekao je juče Nikola Špirić, predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara BiH. Objasnio je da na jučerašnjoj sjednici Vijeća ministara nije postignuta saglasnost o imenovanju direktora DEI, Uprave za indirektno oporezivanje BiH (UIO) …
Read More »Leaders of the majority coalition to start dialogue with Communist Party
CHISINAU, Moldova The Alliance for European Integration intends to propose to the Communists to begin a dialogue on electing the new President of Moldova. On Thursday, Moldova Noastra Alliance Leader Serafim Urechean said after the fourth round of talks between the leaders of the ruling coalition that the dialogue will …
Read More »IMF ready to begin talks on new assistance program
CHISINAU, Moldova The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ready to support Moldova in overcoming the consequences of the global financial and economic crisis and will begin talks on new assistance program immediately after the formation of the new Government, Head of the IMF Mission Johan Matissen, who will complete his …
Read More »Speaker could be elected at first sitting of new Parliament
CHISINAU, Moldova The leaders of the Alliance for European Integration (AEI) said the Speaker might be elected during the first meeting of the new legislature on August 28. “It is important that we choose the administrative bodies of the Parliament at the first sitting,” the Liberal-Democratic president Vlad Filat said …
Read More »“Solution for consulates in Montenegro soon”
PODGORICA, Montenegro Serbia’s initiative to open three consulates in Montenegro should be decided on in direct talks between the two countries’ leaderships. This is according to a Podgorica-based Vijesti daily report, which quoted Montenegrin Foreign Ministry officials. Vijesti wrote that the official Belgrade was informed of the stand of the …
Read More »War crimes suspect extradited to Croatia
ZAGREB, Croatia Milan Španović, accused on committing war crimes in 1991 in the Glina area, has been extradited to Croatia, media in that country say. According to this, he arrived in Croatia on a flight from Britain accompanied by British police and is now in the Sisak prison. In 1994, …
Read More »“Albanian PM not threatening Serbia”
TIRANA, Albania Albanian PM Sali Berisha’s statement about the need to “integrate Albanians” is not tantamount to provoking Belgrade, said the Foreign Ministry in Tirana. “This is not a case of provoking Serbia. The cooperation of the republic of Albania and the republic of Kosovo is quite natural and has …
Read More »Yushchenko calls on Medvedev to improve ties
KIEV, Ukraine Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday urged Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to work for better bilateral relations. They have worsened over the last few years. In an open letter to his Ukrainian counterpart on August 11, Medvedev blamed Kiev for the deterioration in relations between the two former …
Read More »Georgia Tries To Enforce Blockade On Rebel Regions
TBILISI, Georgia A Georgian court has remanded in custody the Turkish captain of a tanker detained this week delivering fuel to the breakaway region of Abkhazia, as Tbilisi tries to enforce a blockade on Russian-backed separatists. The captain faces up to 24 years’ imprisonment if found guilty of smuggling and …
Read More »Bahçeli: Kurdish opening aims to destroy Turkey
TURKEY While Turkey’s top security board convened to discuss government-led efforts to solve the Kurdish issue, the leader of the ultra-nationalist party strongly reacted to the process, calling it “destruction of the unitary state.” “What the government is trying to do is to place martyrs and butchers, our soldiers and …
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