Eurasia Press & News
Kosovo’s police detained some 40 Roma children for begging on the streets of Pristina at the weekend and sent them back to Albania, officials said. Thousands of Roma, including children and teenagers, have moved from Albania to Kosovo since the end of the 1998-99 war, many eking out a living …
Read More »Serbia Divorces Up, Shotgun Weddings Doomed
One in five marries in Serbia end in divorce, the majority of them in the first three years, statisical data showed, with couples that married because of an unplanned pregnancy having the least chance of making their marriage work. In spite of traditional attitudes and family and social pressures not …
Read More »Macedonia Village Cheers First Birth In 21 Years
The central Macedonian village of Rilevo near the town of Prilep has cheered the arrival of the first baby born in the village in 21 years, local media reported on Sunday. Two-month old Teodora brought joy in the home of Robert and Anila, and sparked hope of better days in …
Read More »Macedonia FinMin Faces No-Confidence Vote
Macedonia’s Finance Minister Trajko Slaveski faces a no-confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday after the opposition accused him of missteps that damaged the economy. Slaveski’s party, the ruling centre right VMRO DPMNE and their coalition partners have a majority in parliament so the no-confidence vote is seen as a statement, …
Read More »Montenegro May Lend KAP Smelter 20 Mln Euro
Montenegro’s government has offered a 20 million euro loan to help the owner of the recently privatised aluminum smelter KAP to keep production during the global financial crisis. said Branko Vujovic, head of the Agency for Restructure of the Economy. Branko Vujovic, head of Montenegro’s Agency for Economic Restructuring and …
Read More »Iran Welcomes Expansion of Economic Ties with Spain
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, in a meeting with his Spanish counterpart Monday morning, welcomed expansion of economic and trade exchanges between the two countries. “This capacity has not been used so much up to now”, Larijani added while visiting the Spanish Congress during his trip to the …
Read More »Russian Scholar: West Aware of Iran Regional Power
TEHRAN (FNA)- The western countries know that Iran has a great regional influence and power, the director of the Center for Contemporary Iranian Studies in Moscow said on Monday. Rajab Safarov also noted that the European countries and the US have realized that the problems of the region, including the …
Read More »Iran Calls on UK Not to Politicize British Council Closure
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran told Britain not to politicize what it said was London’s decision to close the Iranian offices of the British Council, the UK government’s cultural arm. Iranian Government Spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham told a news conference that London probably chose to halt the council’s operations for economic reasons …
Read More »US “Acknowledges Serbia’s Hague Efforts”
The United States has for the first time acknowledged Serbia’s efforts to arrest the remaining two war crime fugitives, Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic, and hand them over to the United Nations court in The Hague, said Rasim Ljajic, Serbia’s point man for cooperation with the Tribunal. After meeting the …
Read More »Macedonia Family Buries Stranger In Coffin Switch
The Tahiri family from the western Macedonian town of Tetovo were shocked to find out they had mistakenly mourned and buried a Turkish man instead of their mother. Both the Turkish man and the 65-year old woman died in Germany and their remains were supposed to be transported by plane …
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