September, 2012

• 11 September

  New Macedonian TV Station Revives Dissident Spirit

  A new TV station, A3, will try to revive the spirit of the once prominent national station, A1 TV, which was shut down last year by the authorities.The new station’s editor-in-chief, Aco Kabranov, said he intended to bring back the old A1 team of journalists. “We will bring back 80 …

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• 11 September

  France, EU, Seek Action on Roma from Romania

  A French minister is flying to Romania to try and get Bucharest to address the problem of Romanian Roma now living illegally in France.The French Interior Minister, Manuel Valls, and the Minister for European Affairs, Bernard Cazeneuve, are to come to Romania on Wednesday to discuss the sensitive situation of …

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• 11 September

  Era of Supervised Independence Ends in Kosovo

  As the period of international supervision of Kosovo’s independence draws to a close, Prime Minister Thaci hails a milestone in the country’s history and promises a new deal for disaffected Serbs in the north.After 13 years of international oversight, Kosovo formally obtained full independence on Monday when Western Powers terminated …

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• 10 September

  Sarajevo Hosts International Peace Conference

  Sarajevo is hosting hundreds of religious, political and cultural leaders from more than 60 countries as part of the International Gathering for Peace.The event, organised by the Christian Community of Sant’Egidio from Italy, was held with the help of Islamic, Catholic and Jewish communities in Bosnia and the Orthodox Church …

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• 10 September

  Brussels: Montenegro to Follow Croatia into EU

  The president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, said Montenegro is likely to become the EU’s 29th member.Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, has told Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic that the small Adriatic country is likely to become the next EU member state after Croatia joins in …

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• 10 September

  Serbian Democrats to Choose New Leader in November

  After a heated debate on the party’s future, Serbia’s former ruling Democrats agreed to vote on the new leadership on November 10.Members of the main board of the Democratic Party on Saturday agreed to a proposal of their leader, Boris Tadic, to elect a new party leadership on November 10. …

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• 10 September

  Kosovo Extends EU Mission Mandate to 2014

  Parliament on Friday voted overwhelmingly to extend the mandate of the EU’s rule of law mission for another two years.The Kosovo parliament on Friday extended the mandate of the EU’s rule of law mission to Kosovo, known as EULEX, until June 2014. With 97 votes for, and 11 against, MPs …

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• 10 September

  Bosnia Entities Trim Budgets to Ease IMF Loan

  The parliaments of Bosnia’s two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, have rebalanced their budgets as a condition for a new stand-by arrangement with the IMF.After the House of Representatives in the Federation entity supported the entity government’s rebalanced 2012 budget on Thursday, Bosnia is awaiting …

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• 7 September

  Bulgaria Thinks of EU More Than Any Other Member State

  Bulgarians view the European Union more favorably than any other EU member state, according to the latest Eurobarometer public opinion survey. The poll results were announced Friday by the European Parliament and have to do with the EP elections in 2014, BTA reported.

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• 7 September

  Bulgarian PM Deems Job Creation Cabinet’s ‘Only Problem’

  The creation of new jobs is “the only problem for the Bulgarian government”, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov believes, according to the record of the weekly Cabinet sitting released Friday. “The creation of new jobs is the most important thing. At the moment, we must focus on job creation because …

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