March, 2013

• 4 March

  100,000 Rally in New Bulgaria Protests

  Bulgarian demonstrators staged some of the largest rallies since the crisis erupted in the country and vowed to continue protests as their demands escalated.More than 100,000 people took to the streets across the country on Sunday, Bulgaria’s Liberation Day, demanding sweeping changes to the political system and economic policy. The …

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• 4 March

  Macedonia Leaders Condemn Skopje Ethnic Riots

  Politicians expressed revulsion after two days of violent, ethnically-charged protests gripped the capital, sparked by the controversial appointment of an ex-guerrilla as defence minister.Skopje was calm again on Monday after the unrest on Friday and Saturday that saw riot police use tear gas and armoured vehicles during clashes with protesters …

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• 4 March

  Croatian Opposition Demands Early Elections

  Croatia’s main opposition party, the Croatian Democratic Union, wants new polls after EU accession this year, accusing the government of mishandling the economy.“The ruling coalition’s [pre-election] plan was a deception. The governing team is incompetent, unskilled and even conceited,” said Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, president Tomislav Karamarko in a televised …

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• 4 March

  EU Criticises Albania Referendum Proposal

  EU enlargement commissioner Stefan Fuele condemned the ruling majority’s decision to hold a referendum on three bills required for Albania’s EU candidate status bid.I have been repeatedly stressing that the laws, and in particular the rules of procedures, need to be approved through consensus between the opposition and government and …

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• 4 March

  Slovenia PM-Designate Backs Croatia EU treaty

  New leader of Slovenia says her country will not stand in the way of Croatia’s membership of the European Union.Ratification of Croatia’s European Union accession treaty is not just a question of good-neighbourly relations but is also in Slovenia’s strategic interest, Slovenia’s Prime Minister-designate Alenka Bratusek told the Croatian newspaper …

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• 4 March

  Presidential Race Hots Up in Montenegro

  After the incumbent, Filip Vujanovic, launched his campaign late last week in Bar, his main rival, Miodrag Lekic will hold his first election convention in Niksic on Monday.Billboards that went up in the capital, Podgorica, on Friday, showing a smiling Vujanovic dressed casually in a beige sweater and white shirt, …

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• 4 March

  Azerbaijani-Croatian ministerial consultations to be held in Zagreb

  Azerbaijani-Croatian ministerial consultations are underway in Zagreb. A delegation from the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s led

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• 4 March

  50 rebels, French soldier killed in some of ‘heaviest fighting’ in Mali

  Heavy fighting in northern Mali has left at least 50 rebel fighters and a French soldier dead, officials said Sunday, as Chad promised to prove its soldiers had killed two top Islamist militants. French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called for “caution” on Chad’s reports

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• 4 March

  British foreign minister pledges support in Mali visit

  British Foreign Secretary William Hague vowed continued support for Mali’s fight against Islamist militants as he visited the west African country on Monday, his ministry said. The Foreign Office said Hague had met with Mali’s president and prime minister as well as French-backed African

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• 4 March

  People gather in Bulgarian capital to hold protest

  Over 50 people have gathered for tonight’s protest in the Bulgarian capital Sofia in Orlov Most (Eagles’ Bridge) crossroads. They have lit candles, brought flowers and photos of 36-year-old Plamen Goranov, who self-immolated in front of the

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