Eurasia Press & News
If severe breaches are established during the Bulgarian Parliament elections day, the country may lose the accreditation of the Bulgarian delegation to the Council of Europe. This was announced Saturday by the head of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) delegation to Bulgaria, Tadeusz Iwínski, Darik Radio …
Read More »Leftist Party To Join Albania’s Right-Wing Govt
The Socialist Movement for Integration, LSI, announced on Saturday, that it had accepted a request from right-wing incumbent Prime Minister Sali Berisha, to join the ruling coalition after last Sunday’s poll. Speaking at a press conference in Tirana, the LSI head and former Socialist Prime Minister Ilir Meta said that …
Read More »Cred, cu toate că e absurd!
„Dacă România reuşeşte să parcurgă în 30 de ani drumul spre UE… va fi foarte bine” (Vladimir Voronin, preşedintele PCRM, anul 2000) Credo, quia absurdum! Cred, cu toate că e absurd! Aşa obişnuia să răspundă marele teolog Tertulian celor care, păşind după normele elementare ale logicii, încercau să îi demonteze …
Read More »Saslušan Sefer Halilović o trošenju novca za povratak
SARAJEVO – Sefer Halilović, poslanik u parlamentu BiH, saslušan je u srijedu u Tužilaštvu BiH koje je aktueliziralo istragu o nepravilnostima u izboru kompanija za nabavku građevinskog materijala za poslove koji su finansirani sredstvima Federalnog ministarstva socijalne skrbi, izbjeglica i rasljenih lica. “Sefer Halilović bio je ministar socijalne skrbi, izbjeglica …
Read More »Croatian parliament approves Sanader’s resignation
ZAGREB, Croatia Parliament on Thursday (July 2nd) approved the surprise resignation of Ivo Sanader from his post as prime minister. This starts the clock on up to 30 days of consultations before President Stipe Mesic taps a successor. The frontrunner is Sanader’s choice, Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, of the …
Read More »Contested votes to be counted in Tirana
TIRANA, Albania The Central Election Commission (CEC) decided on Thursday (July 2nd) to bring the last voting boxes from the Lezha and Fier regions and count the ballots live on national TV in Tirana. The final results are expected late Friday. Voting has been contested in Shkodra, Berat and Fier.
Read More »Serbia says Kosovo Serbs shouldn’t vote
BELGRADE, Serbia The government backed President Boris Tadic on Thursday (July 2nd), agreeing that minority Serbs in Kosovo should not participate in November local elections there. Tadic, leader of the ruling Democratic Party (DS), says conditions for Kosovo Serbs are inadequate and that their security cannot be guaranteed.
Read More »Croatia joins NATO forces in Kosovo
ZAGREB, Croatia The defence ministry announced on Thursday (July 2nd) that Croatia is joining NATO’s forces in Kosovo, deploying a unit of 20 military officers and two helicopters. This marks the first NATO operation in the Balkans for Croatia, which joined the Alliance in April. Last month, NATO authorised the …
Read More »EU urges Macedonia to name integration minister
SKOPJE, Macedonia EU Special Representative to Macedonia Erwan Fouere reiterated on Thursday (July 2nd) that the government should appoint a successor to resigning Deputy Prime Minister for EU integration Ivica Bocevski as soon as possible. Fouere said he had stressed that during a meeting with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. “We …
Read More »Cypriot leaders discuss reunification again
NICOSIA, Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat held another round of talks aimed at reunifying the divided island Thursday (July 2nd). This one wrapped up the first stage of talks on the Territories chapter of the negotiations. The next session, in a week, will focus …
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