August, 2010

• 11 August

  German party calls for visas for Montenegrins

  The Christian Social Union (CSU) on Tuesday criticized Montenegro’s decision to introduce an economic citizenship for well-known businesspeople. The party, a member of the ruling coalition of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, requested a reintroduction

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• 11 August

  Russia deploys S-300 air defense system in Abkhazia

  Russia has deployed an S-300 air defense system in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, Russian media reported on Wednesday, citing the commander of the Russian Air Force. “We have placed an S-300 system in Abkhazia. It will protect the airspace of Abkhazia and South Ossetia,” Gen-Col Alexander Zelenin said.

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• 11 August

  Karadzic Seeks Trial Postponement

  Radovan Karadzic has asked for his trial be postponed for three weeks to allow him to review audio and video recordings found in the apartment of Ratko Mladic’s wife. The “Mladic tapes”, an assortment of meeting notes, 93 audio and 10 video tapes, two CDs and eight DVDs, were found …

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• 11 August

  Nikoli Špiriću prijete smrću

  SARAJEVO Nikola Špirić, predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara BiH, primio je anonimnu prijetnju smrću, saopšteno je iz njegovog kabineta. U pismu koje je stiglo u Špirićev ured, a koje je, navodno, upućeno iz Mostara, Špiriću prijete smrću jer “radi protiv Bosne i bosanskog naroda”. Pismo obiluje porukama uvredljivog sadržaja, psovkama, prijetnjama i …

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• 11 August

  Norwegian Ambassador to Kosovo calls for Haradinaj’s release

  The Norwegian Ambassador to Kosovo Sverre Johan Kvale called on the Hague Tribunal to temporarily release war crime suspect Ramush Haradinaj. In the initial trial in April 2008, the Tribunal acquitted Haradinaj of charges for crimes committed in Kosovo in 1998.

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• 11 August

  Proces usporili tajni podaci

  SARAJEVO Proces pridruživanja Bosne i Hercegovine NATO savezu mogao bi biti dodatno usporen jer bh. vlasti nisu usvojile neophodna zakonska rješenja u vezi s pristupom tajnim podacima. Selmo Cikotić, ministar odbrane BiH, kaže da se trenutno primjenjuju prelazna rješenja, ali da NATO insistira na usvajanju zakonskih izmjena.

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• 11 August

  EU to help Albania solve political crisis

  A special EU-delegation will investigate starting September on ground the political crisis that has been tearing Albania for more than a year. Since June 2009 the Socialist Party of Albania, headed by Edi Rama, has refused to recognize the results, claiming

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• 11 August

  NATO Admiral to visit Kosovo

  Head of the Allied Joint Force Command Naples Admiral Mark P. Fitzgerald will arrive in Pristina on Tuesday, KFOR informed. Fitzgerald is scheduled to visit

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• 11 August

  Serbian FM: Bid for Kosovo solution continues

  Serbia is not finished with its fight for finding a compromise solution for Kosovo’s final status, Serbia’s Minister for Kosovo has said. His comments follow Serbia’s 28 July submission of a resolution to the UN

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• 11 August

  New British ambassador to Macedonia takes office

  Britain’s new ambassador to Macedonia has taken office in Skopje, pledging support for the country’s reforms as it seeks to join the EU and NATO. “UK will continue financing various

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