Eurasia Press & News
Kosovo’s government has earmarked 16,000 euros for the construction of a new house for a Serbian family recently returned to Kosovo, lauding the move as a demonstration of the government’s commitment to ensuring that Kosovo is a true home for all of its ethnic groups. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci …
Read More »Group Storms Greek-Macedonian Dictionary Promotion
A group of some 20 people, some of them reportedly wearing masks, stormed a press conference late on Tuesday in Athens during which the Rainbow party of Macedonians in Greece was promoting a new Greek-Macedonian dictionary, according to local media reports. Local Kanal 5 TV aired footage of the incident …
Read More »Serbia Committed to Military Neutrality
Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac told Parliament yesterday that the government was in full compliance with a parliamentary ruling on military neutrality, underlining his ministry’s commitment to membership responsibilities in NATO’s Partnership for Peace, PfP, programme. Discussing recent military exercises held in Georgia from May 9 to June 1, Sutanovac …
Read More »Macedonia Denies Kosovo Speculations
Macedonia has no intention of rescinding its recognition of Kosovo, Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister Musa Xhaferi told local media Tuesday in Skopje, following intense media speculation. Rescinding recognition of Kosovo as an independent nation is “not an option”, Xhaferi told reporters, adding that the government, on the contrary, was working …
Read More »Sanader, Rehn Discuss EU Accession
Following a Monday meeting in New York, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn concluded that it was possible for Croatia to finish EU accession negotiations by the end of the year. “We discussed all aspects of the negotiations with the EU and we remain optimists …
Read More »Turkey, Serbia Sign Free Trade Agreement
Serbia and Turkey have signed a bilateral economic free trade agreement at the annual economic summit in Istanbul, which will take effect on January 1, 2010. Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Regional Development Mladjan Dinkic and Turkish Foreign Trade Minister Zafer Caglayan signed a free trade …
Read More »Most Turks Back EU Entry Despite Suspicions-Study
A majority of Turks support their government’s bid to join the European Union, but most say the bloc views it with prejudice because Turkey is a Muslim nation, a new study showed. Three out of four Turks believe the EU is trying to divide Turkey and 81 percent believe the …
Read More »Talat expects Cypriot reunification in months
NICOSIA, Cyprus Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said on Friday (May 29th) chances are “quite high” for settling the Cyprus problem by the end of this year or early next. In an interview with Reuters, however, he warned that the current process may be the last chance to reunify …
Read More »Albania produces 1 million electronic IDs
TIRANA, Albania Interior Minister Bujar Nishani says Albania has produced 1 million new electronic ID cards since January and that the rest will be in the hands of citizens before they need them to vote in the June 28th parliamentary elections. Nishani said on Sunday (May 31st) that there is …
Read More »EU condemns elections in S. Ossetia as illegitimate
BRUSSELS The EU condemned Monday “parliamentary elections” took place in the South Ossetian region of Georgia on Sunday.”The EU does not accept the legality of the “elections”, nor its results,” said a statement by the current Czech EU Presidency late Monday.”The holding of such elections is illegitimate and represents a …
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