Eurasia Press & News
Ahead of his inauguration as the 44th United States president, Barack Obama’s winning smile is plastered on billboards and posters all around Kosovo, the most pro-American nation in Europe due to US support for its secession from Serbia. Washington was among the first capitals to recognise Kosovo’s declaration of independence …
Read More »Albania NGOs Protest Against VAT Burden
A group of Albanian NGOs sent an open letter to Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Monday to protest against the application of value-added tax, VAT, on non-profit organisations, calling it a serious threat to the existence of civil society in Albania. Though the Albanian non-profit sector is thriving with hundreds …
Read More »Montenegro, Italy To Boost Economic Ties
Montenegro and Italy have formed a joint economic association in a bid to boost trade and expand economic cooperation, AKI reported. Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic said that the volume of Italian investments in Montenegro was “far below expectations”, given the vicinity of the two countries, and the “quality of …
Read More »Bosnian Anti-Terror Chief Held for Terrorism
A Croatian court in Rijeka on Monday ordered a month-long detention for the head of Bosnia’s special unit for the fight against organized crime, terrorism and corruption, who was arrested by Croatian police under suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. Vjekoslav Vukovic, who was also an assistant minister in Bosnia’s …
Read More »Macedonia Fears Obama Tilt, Greece Confiden
Macedonia looks to the inauguration of Barack Obama with some trepidation about a possible shift in the United States’ position on the name dispute with Greece, while Athens appears quietly confident that the new US president will be more sympathetic to its stance. Athens and Skopje have been locked in …
Read More »Obama Presidency To Create New Values-Albania
“Barack Obama’s presidency will create a new chapter of values, not only for the United States, but for the rest of the world,” Albanian Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha said. Albanians are very pro-American and the US elections are often presented as a standard of democracy in the country, where after …
Read More »Obama “Will Not Mean Change For Serbia”
United States policy in the Balkans will not change with Barack Obama as US president, and Serbia cannot hope for any shift in Washington’s stance over Kosovo, a veteran Serbian diplomat said. Zivorad Kovacevic, a former Yugoslav ambassador to the US and current head of the European Movement NGO told …
Read More »EU Official Criticises Bulgaria Judiciary
The Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Jacques Barrot criticized Bulgaria’s judiciary during an official visit to Sofia on Tuesday, local media reported. Barrot, accompanied by Bulgaria’s European Commissioner for Consumer Protection, Meglena Kuneva, told reporters “your judiciary system is producing very few …
Read More »Croatia Slams Slovenia Taking Piran On Map
Croatia has slammed a map published by Slovenia’s Environmental Protection Agency that shows the contested Piran Bay area claimed by both countries as belonging to Slovenia. The Croatian Foreign Affairs and the European Integration Ministry said that the map published on the website of the agency, a part of the …
Read More »Burglary At Macedonia War Crime Judge Office
Unknown persons broke into the office of Vesna Bosotova, a judge in charge of a high profile war crime case dating from Macedonia’s armed conflict in 2001, local media reported late on Monday citing police sources. Bosotova leads one of the four cases of alleged war crimes that was returned …
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