The newly appointed Kosovo Ambassador to Croatia, Veldet Sadiku will present his credentials to Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Tuesday. Croatia was the first Balkan country to recognize Kosovo’s independence on March 19 2008. The two countries have established diplomatic relations on June 30, 2008. Croatia has already opened a …
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Russian Orthodox Church representative arrives in Georgia
Archimandrite Roman has arrived in Georgia. His visit was arranged by the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod. The Georgian Patriarchate said Archimandrite is visiting Georgia with the permission of Catholicos-Patriarch of All-Georgia Ilia II.
Read More »Ghimpu not going to meet with Yushenko
The Moldovan presidential press service has refuted the media stories that Moldova’s Acting President, Parliament Chairman Mihai Ghimpu was allegedly going to hold a meeting with Ukrainian President Victor Yushenko on Monday.
Read More »Montenegrin Deputy PM on EU, Kosovo
Montenegrin Deputy Prime Minister Svetozar Marović said that Serbia’s success in European integration will help the entire region’s goals of EU accession. He said that the visa liberalization for Serbia, Montenegrin and Macedonian citizens confirms these countries are on a good path towards the EU and are achieving concrete results …
Read More »Ljajić to resign as action team coordinator
Rasim Ljajić has announced that he will resign as one of the coordinators of the action team set up to cooperate with the Hague Tribunal. Ljajić, who is also labor minister and president of the Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, said he will submit his resignation to Prime …
Read More »IMF to send mission to Romania on Jan. 21
A mission from the International Monetary Fund will return to Romania on Jan. 21 to resume aid talks, senate speaker and opposition leftist leader Mircea Geoana said on Monday. Last week Romania’s new centrist coalition government approved an austerity budget for 2010, key to unlocking loan tranches from a 20 …
Read More »Artifacts Could Boost Macedonia’s “Name” Position
Freshly uncovered ancient artifacts could strengthen the Macedonian position in the “name” talks with neighboring Greece if only Athens would recognise the argument of facts, Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said on Sunday.
Read More »Azerbaijani and Georgian interior ministers discuss combat transnational criminality
Interior ministers of Azerbaijan and Georgia discussed the situation with combating the transnational crime. Azerbaijani Minister of Internal Affairs, Colonel-General Ramil Usubov received his Georgian colleague Vano Merabishvili today, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs press-service said.
Read More »Croatian Presidential Election goes to Run-off
After nearly all votes from the Croatian presidential elections had been counted late on Sunday, the country’s electoral commission announced that a run-off will have to be called between the leftist opposition candidate and the long-time mayor of Zagreb. Preliminary results of the presidential elections held on Sunday put Ivo …
Read More »7 aprilie, „Oci Ciornîi(e)” şi Balcanii de Vest
„Evoluţiile din R. Moldova îmi întăresc convingerea că nu mai este multă vreme până când toţi românii vor împărtăşi acelaşi destin european” (Traian Băsescu, discurs de învestitură pentru al doilea mandat, 21.12.09) Cronologic, anul 2009 se termină la 31 decembrie. Structural însă, nu. Anul anticomunismului basarabean depăşeşte, politic şi geopolitic, …
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