Eurasia Press & News
Bosnian forensic experts last year exhumed the remains of 413 people who went missing during the country’s 1990s war, bringing the total number of victims found to some 22,000.
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February, 2012
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1 February
Armenian DM, EU special Representative discuss Karabakh conflict and cooperation with EU
On January 31 Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received the EU Special Representative for eh South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, Ambassador Philippe Lefort. Issues related to the settlement of the Karabakh conflict and cooperation with the European Union in the field of defense were discussed. The parties attached …
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1 February
EU investments and grants for the Western Balkan countries (Talking points)
The EU policies in favor of the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo) began to develop in 2000, when the European Union established for the first time exceptional unlimited duty-free access to the EU market for nearly all products originating in the Western …
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1 February
Greece backs Serbia’s EU integration
Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas says Athens is a proponent of Serbia’s EU accession and that slowing down of the process would be EU’s strategic mistake. “Greece has been a consistent and loyal proponent of Serbia’s EU accession and we believe
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1 February
Croatian FM urges for bilateral cooperation with Serbia on lawsuits
Croat FM Vesna Pusić said on Tuesday Serbia and Croatia could discuss withdrawals of genocide lawsuits if they first resolved whatever they could bilaterally. “That refers to stolen property, missing persons and war crimes cases,” she explained.
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1 February
Romania could ask IMF for rising wages
Romania’s ruling party plans to raise pensions and wages with a view to deflecting some of its current unpopularity with austerity-weary voters. Romania’s centre-right Liberal Democratic Party has mandated Prime Minister Emil
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1 February
Bosnia Serbs ask for fresh Dobrovoljacka war crime investigation
The interior ministry of the Serb entity sent a complaint to the State Prosecutor on Tuesday demanding it reconsider termination of the Dobrovoljacka war-crime probe. The letter follows the decision of an international prosecutor, Jude Romano, engaged
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1 February
Kosovo wants full independence by end of 2012
Kosovo’s parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the international community to permit full independence by the end of this year. Four years after seceding from Serbia, Kosovo’s parliament has adopted a resolution calling for an
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1 February
EU Prosecutor refused to testify in Limaj trial
After an EU prosecutor, Maurizio Salustro, refused to testify in the Klecka case, saying he had immunity as an international staffer, Fatmir Limaj’s defence asked the Chief Prosecutor to suspend the Italian lawyer from the trial. Fatmir Limaj’s defence team yesterday
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January, 2012
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31 January
Serbian committee to hold meeting on referendum in Kosovo
The Serbian parliament’s Committee on Kosovo and Metohija is set to discuss the decisions by the assemblies of the four municipalities from northern Kosovo. The Serb municipalities have called a referendum for mid-February, where the citizens will
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