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Serbia- Two resolutions on war crimes planned for Parliament debate

Serbia’s Parliament will debate drafts of two resolutions for condemning war crimes committed during the wars on the territory of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. One will condemn the crimes committed against Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) in Srebrenica, and the other will condemn all other war crimes.

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Moldova- Many holders of special passports will be gradually deprived of them

The Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration has approved a new list of state officials whop have the right to hold diplomatic and service passports. The list will be given shortly to the Moldovan Border Service, which will be authorized to withdraw such kind of special passports from …

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IMF to visit Greece

Team of IMF’s experts will arrive on Tuesday in Greece, following the visits by European Commission and the European central bank, Greek media said. The experts will discuss with Greek officials and try to solve the issues regarding retirement, taxes and financial handling. IMF points out that the visit is …

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Greece, Bulgaria open new border crossing to boost bilateral cooperation

Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitries Droutsas and visiting Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Marin Raikov signed yesterday an agreement for the operation of the Thermes-Zlatograd border crossing at the Greek-Bulgarian frontier to boost bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The border crossing, which is expected to boost economic and tourism ties …

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Turkish PM not to attend Davos forum this year

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that he would honor his word and would not attend this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos of Switzerland. “Once I give my word on something, it’s done. I said ‘I will never come to Davos again,’ so I …

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Kosovo Election Results Not Approved

Kosovo’s Central Election Commission, CEC, failed on Monday to approve the final results of the hotly contested mayoral elections in Gjilan. The results of the second-round mayoral vote were recounted last week after fears that widespread fraud had taken place in the municipality during the 13 December election.

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Brussels Tells Bosnians They Need to Coexist

The EU’s newly appointed foreign minister Catherine Ashton expressed her support behind international efforts to stabilise Bosnia, noting that there is no other choice but for the differing communities to live together. At her parliamentary hearing in front of MEPs Ashton noted that: “They can have as many referendums as …

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Calls for a Referendum on Serbia’s NATO Membership

A group of 200 academics, writers and journalists in Serbia has asked the country’s parliament to call a referendum on whether Serbia should join NATO. Speaking at a press conference, Serbian Academy member Matija Beckovic called for the referendum stressing that Serbia is now a neutral country which suffered “criminal …

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Talks on Association Agreement between Moldova and EU start Jan. 12

The first official round of talks on the future Association Agreement between Moldova and the European Union open in Chisinau on January 12 The Government of Moldova expects that the talks will start with the discussion of political and security matters and will continue the next months with the extensive …

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Moldova will necessarily have parliamentary elections in 2010 – Tkachuk

Mark Tkachuk said that the now opposition Communist Party is actively preparing for an early election, and this work has redoubled force after the Communist Party leader Vladimir Voronin’s coming back from winter vacation. The Moldovan Communist Party shall be defending the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, according to …

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