June, 2010

• 8 June

  Albania to boost its contributions as NATO member

  Membership to NATO means more defence spending, local media reported on Monday (June 7th). To meet the criteria to join the Alliance, the government had to double defence spending, from about 9m euros in 2005 to about 19m euros in 2009. The money reportedly was used to modernise the military …

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• 7 June

  Georgian, French leaders will meet two days before Russian PM’s Paris visit

  Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy will mainly mull execution of the peace agreement dated Aug.12, 2008 during their meeting to be held June 8 in Paris, Georgian Ambassador to France Mamuka Kudava told journalist.

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• 7 June

  Germania si Rusia “negociaza” Europa de Est

  Cancelarul geman Angela Merkel si presedintele rus Dmitri Medvedev i-au cerut Uniunii Europene formarea unui nou consiliu de securitate care sa se ocupe cu rezolvarea conflictelor de genul celui din Transnistria.

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• 7 June

  Spanish Ambassador to Serbia about Kosovo and Serbia’s EU bid

  Spanish Ambassador to Serbia Inigo de Palacio Espana says that he believes that Serbia will continue the EU integration process with no Kosovo status as precondition. “Many top-ranking European officials said that this issue will not be set as prerequisite to Serbia’s

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• 7 June

  Sabag bi ponovo u humanitarnu misiju

  SARAJEVO Muhamed Jaser Sabag, bh. državljanin sirijskog porijekla, koji je bio zatočen u izraelskom zatvoru zbog pokušaja da s još nekoliko stotina humanitaraca brodom dopremi pomoć palestinskom stanovništvu u Gazi, u nedjelju se vratio u BiH. U Sarajevo je doputovala i Mukadera Tanak-Kirbaš, turska državljanka, zaposlena u ogranku organizacije IHH …

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• 7 June

  Žele da besplatno izvoze oružje

  SARAJEVO Vlada Federacije BiH predložila je Ministarstvu odbrane BiH državni “UNIS Group” iz Vogošće za partnera, koji bi, bez naknade, izvozio viškove starog oružja iz BiH iako ne postoji odluka o izvozu viškova naoružanja i vojne opreme. Ministar odbrane BiH Selmo Cikotić kaže da je Predsjedništvo BiH ranije usvojilo politiku …

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• 7 June

  Slovenians opt for agreement with Croatia

  According to the preliminary results of the referendum, the border arbitrage agreement with Croatia was accepted by a majority of Slovenians who voted. The incomplete results show that the turnout was at 42.27 percent, while the agreement was supported by 51.48 percent.

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• 7 June

  Macedonia opposition pushes name solution

  If a solution to the Athens-Skopje name spat is not found soon, Macedonia’s EU and NATO integration could be delayed for a longer period, Macedonian opposition leader Branko Crvenkovski said in an interview on Sunday.

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• 7 June

  Ukraine’s President: Recognition of Kosovo’s independence was a mistake

  Ukraine’s President Victor Yanukovych said Friday at the press conference, marking his 100 days at the presidential office, that he refuses to recognize independence of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Kosovo.

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• 7 June

  EU Deadline on Albania political crisis expires

  An unofficial deadline set in a meeting in Strasbourg for Albanian political leaders to resolve the country’s political crisis expired on Thursday with no solution in sight. After meeting with EU representatives in Strasbourg two weeks ago, Albania’s main political parties have failed to reach an agreement to overcome the …

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