Eurasia Press & News
S ix months after breaking off talks with Russia after that country’s conflict with NATO-aspirant Georgia, the alliance has decided to resume relations, in a move some critics said was a cave-in to Russian aggression. But NATO leaders said it was a sign of rapprochement between the West and Russia …
Read More »Citizens expect systematic measures in legislation and EU funds: PM
Sofia. Most probably the next EC report will be released after the elections for national and European parliaments in Bulgaria, but this supposition should not make us calm because whatever the election results, this will be a report on Bulgaria, Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said at the opening of a …
Read More »Greek PM to visit Bulgaria on April 24, 25
Athens. Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis will try to regain his popularity rating and put an end to the claims about early elections by paying a series of visits abroad over the next two months. On March 18-19 he is to visit Belgian capital to attend the regular session of …
Read More »Bulgaria Mulls Further Judiciary Reforms
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev will hold a working meeting Monday to discuss a supplementary plan for judiciary reforms, combat against corruption and organized crime. The meeting will focus on the measures and policies to be taken by the government to supplement its action plan and will be attended by …
Read More »Bulgaria Ethnic Turks Call up Migrants for Upcoming Vote
Months ahead of Bulgaria’s elections, the predominantly ethnic Turkish partner in the ruling coalition is drumming support among Bulgaria-born migrants to Turkey, who are currently working in EU member states, a local report says. The Movement for Rights and Freedoms is sending envoys to Spain, the Netherlands, France and Germany …
Read More »War Crimes Charges Endanger Bosnia-Serbia Ties
Bosnia’s Minister of Security, Tarik Sadovic, has warned the Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, that “good neighborly relations” between the two countries could “be jeopardized” if Serbia insists on prosecuting 19 Bosnian officials charged for war crimes against the Yugoslav Army in 1992. “I have asked that Dacic, in his …
Read More »Controversy Over Skopje City Clock
The recent idea by one of the front runners for the position of Skopje’s Mayor to restart the clock adorning the old city train station, which has stood still since the morning of July 27 1963 when a devastating earthquake struck the Macedonian capital, has stirred public controversy and debate. …
Read More »Clashes at Kosovo Power Cuts Protest
At least eight police officers and several people have been hurt in clashes between Kosovo Police and ethnic Serbs in eastern Kosovo during a protest against electricity cuts. Regional spokesman for the Kosovo Police Ismet Hashani told Balkan Insight that police confronted some 350 protesters in the central Kosovo Serb …
Read More »Bosnia Mounts Battle Against Recession
Bosnia will use funds gained from its portion of the property of the Former Yugoslavia – amounting to some 90 million Euros – to fill depleted budgets and mount a fight against the worsening economic and social crisis. Economic experts over the weekend welcomed the decision of Bosnia’s state Fiscal …
Read More »Turkish Mosque Holds First Official Kurdish Sermon
The sermon will be broadcast on Ses on Sunday, the first time state television will have shown a religious address in Kurdish. A state-run mosque in southeastern Turkey held the country’s first official Kurdish-language sermon this weekend, part of the government’s efforts to boost rights for Kurds and meet European …
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