June, 2010

• 2 June

  Croatia’s Supreme Court takes up Glavas appeal

  The Supreme Court on Monday (May 31st) started discussing an appeal of the sentence handed down to former parliament member Branimir Glavas. In May of last year, he was sentenced to ten years in prison for war crimes against ethnic Serbs in the city of Osijek in 1991. Soon after …

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• 2 June

  Defence officials discuss NATO integration in Macedonia

  The process of Euro-Atlantic integration should be intensified and include all countries in the region, according to participants attending a regional conference on NATO integration that began on Monday (May 31st) in Bitola. Some of the ministers said that unless Macedonia and Kosovo are admitted to NATO and unless remaining …

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• 1 June

  Gruevski wants resolution of name dispute with Greece

  Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said on Tuesday he pledges for solution to name dispute with Greece, noting that such a solution must not harm the country’s interests. He commented his speech to the VMRO-DPMNE youths last weekend.

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• 1 June

  Medvedev on South Stream pipeline

  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed confidence at the Russia-EU summit that South Stream gas pipeline could turn into a trans-European energy network. “Of late we’ve already reached good results,” the president said adding that Moscow “consecutively diversified oil and gas supply routes.” “We hope that the South Stream project can …

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• 1 June

  EU to name Balkan envoy

  The European Union will be naming a special representative for the Western Balkans after the Sarajevo summit. The regional gathering is planned for June 2 in the Bosnian capital.

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• 1 June

  I državljanin BiH bio u napadnutom konvoju

  SARAJEVO Nekoliko stotina osoba održalo je u ponedjeljak mirni protest u Sarajevu zbog napada izraelske vojske na konvoj koji je dopremao humanitarnu pomoć u Gazu, a u kojem je bio i državljanin BiH Yasser Mohamad Sabbagh. U Ambasadi BiH u Turskoj potvrdili su da Sabbagh nije među povrijeđenim i poginulim …

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• 1 June

  Serbian president kicks off 3-day visit to Greece

  Serbian President Boris Tadic kicked off his 3-day visit to Greece, where he is slated to meet Greek top officials as well as Greek businessmen at the business-forum. Tadic is slated to meet his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias as well as Greek Parliament Speaker Filippos Petsalnikos.

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• 1 June

  Victory for Georgia’s ruling party in local polls

  Georgia’s ruling party candidate, Gigi Ugulava, has been re-elected mayor of Tiblisi with over 60 percent of the vote – according to exit polls. His win was one of several for President Mikheil Saakashvili’s party in municipal elections.

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• 1 June

  Russia-EU summit to talk Kosovo

  The regular 25th bi-annual Russia-EU summit will discuss the issue of Kosovo as well, the Kremlin press service announced. The summit will be held in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on Monday and Tuesday.

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• 1 June

  Results announced for northern Kosovo vote

  The Serb Progressive Party (SNS) has won the most votes in the local elections held on Sunday in Kosovska Mitrovica. The Democrats and the Socialists won a majority in the municipality of Novo Brdo, according to the State Election Commission (RIK).

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