Eurasia

Slovenia Warns EU on Croatia Border

Slovenia said it will reject an EU proposal to use international arbitration to settle the ongoing border dispute with Croatia which threatens to stall Zagreb’s accession to the bloc, unless Brussels accepts Slovene amendments “Unless amendments which are of major importance to Slovenia are included, Slovenia will not accept the …

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EU: Visa Liberalisation Speculation ‘Premature’

The EU has warned that speculation over when EU visa requirements will be lifted from Serbian citizens is ”premature”. Pierre Mirel, director of the West Balkan Directorate at the EU General Directorate for Enlargement, said the European Commission must first prepare well-founded and researched reports on the progress of the …

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Raspisana potjernica za Branimirom Glavašem

Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO Županijski sud u Zagrebu jučer je odredio pritvor i naredio raspisivanje potjernice za Branimirom Glavašem, zastupnikom u Saboru Hrvatske, koji je prošle sedmice osuđen na deset godina zatvora zbog zločina nad srpskim civilima u Osijeku. Prethodno je saborska komisija ukinula imunitet Glavašu, koji je prošle sedmice …

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Moldovan Leader Elected Parliament Speaker

Outgoing Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin won election on Tuesday as speaker of parliament, which could enable him to retain his hold on power. Voronin, in power since 2001, could not run for a third presidential term. Addressing the chamber, he called for reconciliation with opposition parties after the victory of …

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Slovene President: Rehn’s Proposal Needs Balancing

Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor and President Danilo Tuerk on Monday advocated the “balancing” of EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn’s proposal about solving the border dispute with Croatia. They announced changes to the text of the agreement the Croatian parliament had already adopted last week. – If an agreement on …

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Djelic: economic crisis won’t stall Serbia’s EU bid

BELGRADE, Serbia The economic crisis will not affect Serbia’s EU accession process, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Bozidar Djelic said on Saturday (May 9th). While acknowledging that the financial crisis has an impact, he noted that several EU officials — including Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn — have made clear …

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Greek MP resigns over probe

ATHENS, Greece Former Transport Minister Christos Verelis resigned on Friday (May 8th) as a parliament member representing the main opposition party PASOK, media reported. The catalyst was the launch of a corruption investigation into the purchase of 140 trolley buses in 2001, when he was transport minister. The Athens-Piraeus Electric …

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Romania’s Antonescu, Tudor join presidential race

BUCHAREST, Romania The National Liberal Party on Saturday (May 9th) tapped leader Crin Antonescu as its candidate in the autumn presidential elections. The official announcement will come later. Separately on Saturday, Greater Romania Party head Corneliu Vadim Tudor announced his candidacy for president. Incumbent President Traian Basescu and ruling Social …

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