Relations between Serbia and Montenegro, that used to make up a joint state just three years ago, are on “an impermissibly low level”, Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic said. Montenegro’s ambassador had to leave Belgrade last October as a persona non grata after Podgorica recognised the independence of Kosovo, Serbia’s …
Read More »Macedonia Name Deal Not Close – Greece
Athens is committed to finding a win-win way out in the row with Skopje over the name ‘Macedonia’, but Skopje’s provocative attitude is dimming chances of a UN-sponsored solution, Greece’s Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said on Monday in Belgrade. Greece and Macedonia are due to attend a fresh round of …
Read More »Slovenia, Croatia Border Row In Critical Phase
The rapporteur of the European Parliament for Croatia Hannes Swoboda said that the next two weeks would be critical in the resolution of the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute that threatens to derail Zagreb’s EU bid. The border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia is a legal issue for which there are international …
Read More »Militants in Pakistan sever Afghan supply link
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Suspected militants blew up a bridge in northwestern Pakistan’s Khyber Pass on Tuesday, cutting the main route for supplies bound for Western forces in Afghanistan, Pakistani government officials said. Separately, security forces killed at least 35 Taliban insurgents and wounded many others in an attack Monday night …
Read More »Pakistani police hunt for kidnapped U.N. official
QUETTA, Pakistan – Pakistani police said on Tuesday they had rounded up about a dozen people for questioning in the search for a senior U.N. refugee agency official abducted in the city of Quetta. American John Solecki, head of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) office in the …
Read More »Iran Invites Turkey for Upcoming Gaza Conference in Tehran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani invited Turkish counterpart Koksal Toptan to take part in a parliamentary conference to be held soon in Tehran on support for Gaza’s resistance. In a phone conversation on Monday Larijani referred to the recent efforts to end Zionist regime’s attacks over Gaza and …
Read More »FM: Middle East Issue Too Hard for Blair to Solve
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a meeting with Quartet Envoy Tony Blair that the Middle East issue is not easy to solve. “The reason for this claim is the 60-year-long continuity of the middle east story”, Mottaki added in his short conversation with the former British …
Read More »Ahmadinejad: World Arrogance Seeking Dominance in Region
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that the world arrogance is seeking to dominate the region through Zionism and militarism. “The arrogance is seeking to dominate the region by means of Zionism and militarism,” Ahmadinejad said, alluding to US and its western allies. Speaking in a meeting with …
Read More »Western Bodies in Bosnia “Dead Horse” – Lajcak
The outgoing international peace envoy to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Miroslav Lajcak, said he is leaving his post and the troubled country because the international bodies there are a “dead horse”, doing nothing while rival local leaders held the country back. Speaking in the Telering talk-show program at OBN Television on …
Read More »EULEX Restores North Kosovo Customs Points
Police from the European Union law and justice mission in Kosovo have set up two customs control points in north Kosovo, almost one year after a crowd of angry Serbs burnt down the border posts in reaction to the Albanian majority’s declaration of independence from Serbia. The two border points, …
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