Eurasia

07 November 2008 Pristina - Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, responded to the European Commission’s Progress Report on Thursday.

07 November 2008 Pristina – A recent study finds that bribery is an unavoidable part of doing business in Kosovo.

07 November 2008 Belgrade – The Serbian dinar continued its slide against the euro after a brief respite earlier this month.

07 November 2008 Tirana – The Albanian parliament has ratified an agreement with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia accepting to take in convicted war criminals.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russia faces a lingering terrorist threat and cannot drop its guard, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday, a day after a suspected suicide bombing killed 12 people.

There was tension on the streets of the Georgian capital, with a protest against the presidency of Mikhail Saakashvili.

06 November 2008 Caglavica – ‘There is no such thing as a perfect society,’ Britain’s Foreign Minister David Miliband argued as he moderated a debate between Kosovo Albanians and Serbs on Wednesday.

06 November 2008 Podgorica – Montenegro is urging NATO members to speed up membership for its neighbours, where rising tensions are threatening stability since the wars of the 1990s.

06 November 2008 Sofia – Bulgaria’s ethnic Turk Movement for Rights and Freedom party has complained to the European People’s Party in Brussels about recent comments made by the Mayor of Sofia.

06 November 2008 Novi Pazar – The head of the OSCE mission in Belgrade has called on political parties, municipal bodies and the people of Prijepolje to ensure free and fair local elections there on Sunday.