Eurasia

Komisije i parlament

Aktuelni saziv parlamenta BiH rijetko se bavi svrsishodnim i korisnim stvarima. U protekle gotovo tri godine parlamentarci su mnogo više vremena potrošili na jalove rasprave nego na rješavanje konkretnih problema. Specijalizirali su se za svađe i višesatne rasprave ni o čemu. Poslanicima i delegatima niko ne može zamjeriti nedostatak lucidnosti …

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Russia Hopes To Keep Naval Base In Ukraine

Russia indicated on Tuesday it hoped to keep Ukraine’s city of Sevastopol as the main base for its Black Sea Fleet after the expiry of its lease with Ukraine in 2017, although it is building a new base. “We are not setting such a target — to depart from Sevastopol …

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Critics Slam EU Plan To Let In Serbs, Not Bosnians

A plan to end EU visa requirements for Serbians but not for Bosnian Muslims who suffered at Serb hands in the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia will deepen ethnic divisions in the Balkans, critics said on Tuesday. The Green group in the European Parliament termed the planned announcement, days after the …

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Kremlin Promises New Black Sea Fleet Base By 2016

Russia announced on Tuesday it would finish building a new base for its Black Sea fleet by 2016 to replace the historic Crimean Sevastopol port it has been ordered by Ukraine to evacuate. Sevastopol has been home to the Russian fleet for more than two centuries. With the 1991 collapse …

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Experts Unearth 11 Bodies In Kosovo Mass Grave

Forensic experts have unearthed a mass grave in the eastern Kosovo town of Gnjilane containing 11 bodies including four children, the European Union mission (EULEX) said in a statement on Tuesday. The victims are believed to be ethnic Albanians killed in the early days of a two year counter-insurgency war …

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New Political Deadlock in Bosnia

The caucus of Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) deputies in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska are boycotting the local parliament until they are granted equal voting rights. “It is logical that this will lead to the blockade of the work of the [Republika Srpska] institutions, but Bosniaks had no other choice,” …

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UN monitors to leave Georgia

The last remaining United Nations observers in Georgia leave their posts on Wednesday, a month after their mandate expired.The UN Security Council failed to extend the mission of the 130 observers last month, due to a Russian veto. Last August, Russia backed Abkhazia’s declaration of independence from Georgia. But no …

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