March, 2013

• 6 March

  Freed Yugoslav General Faces Trial as US Spy

  General Momcilo Perisic, acquitted of war crimes by the Hague Tribunal last week, could now be prosecuted for spying for the United States after he returned to Serbia.Perisic’s trial for passing state secrets to US will be scheduled as soon as the Hague Tribunal officially confirms he was acquitted of …

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• 6 March

  Georgian president to visit Greece

  Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has left for Greece. During the visit, he will participate in a meeting of the ruling group of the European People’s Party and

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• 6 March

  Bulgarian President pledges to keep up fiscal stability

  Bulgaria will preserve its fiscal stability in the next two years even after street protests brought down the Borisov Cabinet, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev stated on Wednesday. “In the next 1-2 years Bulgaria will not deviate in any way from its fiscal deficit. Nor

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• 6 March

  EU dashes Bulgaria, Romania hopes to join passport-free zone

  Romania and Bulgaria’s hopes of joining Europe’s huge passport-free zone were again dashed on Wednesday as EU officials said there was no consensus on letting in the poor eastern states. “There will be no vote, and no decision” at talks on their bid to join due to be held Thursday …

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• 5 March

  Greece, Turkey seek accord on Cyprus

  Turkey and Greece are determined to resolve and “bury” longstanding disputes over the island of Cyprus, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says. Greece has “a strong will for a solution” and wants to talk about ways to achieve important results for the stability, peace and security of the region,” …

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• 5 March

  Serbian Progressives to Propose Reshuffle

  Deputy PM Vucic says the ruling Serbian Progressive Party will propose a cabinet reshuffle based on an assessment of the work of all government ministers – and some will have to go.Aleksandar Vucic, the deputy Prime Minister and leader of ruling Progressive Party, said his party will assess the work …

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• 5 March

  Kosovo Commemorates Wartime ‘Hero’ Jashari

  Pristina staged a lavish ceremony to mark the 15th anniversary of the killings of Kosovo Liberation Army commander Adem Jashari and his family.Hundreds of security troops paraded in the capital on Tuesday as political leaders recalled the role that Jasheri, one of the founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, …

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• 5 March

  Most Serbs Acknowledge Independent Kosovo, Poll

  A new survey suggests that a considerable majority of Serbian citizens, however reluctantly, accept that Kosovo is now an independent country.A new poll shows that about 63 per cent of Serbian citizens accept that Kosovo is in practice an independent state – and that Serbia can only fight now to …

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• 5 March

  Bosnia Serb Entity Offers Ministry to Bosniak

  Zeljka Cvijanovic, the new prime minister of Bosnia’s mainly Serb entity, has offered the Bosniak Party of Democratic Action, SDA, a ministry in the new government.The Republika Srpska’s new Prime Minister, Zeljka Cvijanovic, on March 4 said that her Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, will offer one ministry to …

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• 5 March

  Macedonia Violence Blamed on Election Campaign

  Former officials suggested that heightened political tensions ahead of this month’s local elections helped to spark violent, ethnically-charged protests in Skopje.Some former leading Macedonian government figures blamed current political leaders for fanning ethnic intolerance which spilled over into street clashes with riot police on Friday and Saturday, but said they …

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