Eurasia

Turkey mulls new approach to Kurdish issue

ANKARA, Turkey The government is drafting a series measures as part of a new approach to the Kurdish issue, local media reported on Tuesday (May 12th). This major policy shift was prompted by last week’s tragedy in the predominantly Kurdish province of Mardin, where gunmen killed 44 people at a …

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Basescu responds to Geoana letter

BUCHAREST, Romania President Traian Basescu on Tuesday (May 12th) responded to accusations from Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader Mircea Geoana over inefficient reforms in the judiciary and poor results in fighting corruption.

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OSCE donates equipment to dismantle and recycle obsolete munitions to the Georgian Defence Ministry

TBILISI The OSCE donated equipment for dismantling and recycling obsolete TNT-filled munitions to the Georgian Defence Ministry today. “This equipment will enable the Georgian Defence Ministry to recycle TNT-filled warheads in order to deal with this environmental threat in an effective way,” said Ambassador Terhi Hakala, the Head of the …

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FM: Romania to solve problems with Moldova through dialogue

BUCHAREST Romania will solve its bilateral problems with the Republic of Moldova through bilateral dialogue, said Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu on Tuesday. “We will solve our problems by ourselves, in our manner and with our means,” Diaconescu told a press conference, adding that the country will not transfer the issues …

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Loss of Srebrenica Victims’ Possessions Shocks Families

Relatives of those massacred in 1995 are dismayed by reports that their loved ones’ exhumed possessions may since have been destroyed without their permission. Families of the men and boys killed in Srebrenica are in uproar over claims that personal things taken by ICTY investigators from mass graves located in …

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Glavas Arrested in Bosnia

Police in Bosnia took war crimes fugitive Branimir Glavas into custody following a decision on Tuesday by Croatia to issue an international arrest warrant. Glavas’ Bosnian attorney Nikic Grzic confirmed for Croatian television HTV that Glavas is to be taken to Sarajevo before noon Wednesday, in order to determine whether …

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Serbia, Gazprom to Sign South Stream Deal

Serbia’s state owned gas company will on Friday sign an agreement with Russian gas giant Gazprom for the construction of a part of the South Stream gas pipeline that will go through Serbia. General Director of Srbijagas Dusan Bajatovic said he will sign the agreement with the president of Gazprom …

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Bosnian Serb Leader Criticises State Judiciary

The Prime Minister of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska has challenged the legality of the judicial bodies investigating a case that officials say could implicate him of fraud. Infuriated over the probe which according to several officials could also implicate a number of other Bosnian Serb leaders, Milorad …

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Macedonian President Writes To Obama

On his first day after swearing the oath of office, Macedonia’s new President Georgi Ivanov wrote a letter to his US counterpart reaffirming his commitment to finding a solution to the long standing name row with neighboring Greece. “Let me point out our determination to keep up the dialogue with …

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