May, 2010

• 25 May

  Olakšani bijeg

  Momir Savić izricanje pravosnažne sudske presude za ratne zločine, kojom je osuđen na 17 godina zatvora, dočekao je na slobodi i van dometa pravosudnih organa BiH. Savić je osuđen za zločine počinjene u Višegradu. Za presudu Suda BiH saznao je prije nego što je ona javno izrečena. Njemu je Sud …

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• 25 May

  Sporan početak primjene rezultata popisa

  SARAJEVO Parlamentarna komisija usvojila je u petak većinom glasova Nacrt zakona o popisu stanovništva u BiH. Zakon nije dobio podršku većine članova Komisije iz RS, koji su osporili odredbu o primjeni rezultata popisa za izračun etničke strukture vlasti tek po okončanju procesa povratka izbjeglih i raseljenih. Prijedlog je usvojen glasovima …

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• 25 May

  Georgia to attend EU-Eastern Partnership representative meeting

  Georgia will participate in a meeting between the Eastern Partnership and EU Foreign Ministry representatives. According to the Georgian State Office, Vice Prime Minister, State Minister for European Integration Giorgi Baramidze and Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania will visit Sopot on the Baltic coast to attend the forum.

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• 25 May

  Bosnian presidency official expected in Belgrade

  Serbian President Boris Tadić will meet on Tuesday in Belgrade with Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency official Haris Silajdžić. This will be the Bosnian Muslim politician’s first visit to Belgrade since the war in Bosnia began in 1992. Silajdžić announced last week that succession and the fate of the property of Bosnian companies, as …

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• 25 May

  Croatia PM Meets US Ambassador for War Crimes

  Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor met the US ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, Stephen Rapp, and informed him about Croatia’s cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal. Kosor and Rapp met in Zagreb on Sunday, and the Croatian premier informed the American ambassador that full cooperation with the Hague war …

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• 25 May

  Inzko optimistic about Sarajevo conference

  High Representative Valentin Inzko said on Sunday (May 23rd) that the June 2nd EU-Western Balkans conference in Sarajevo could be an important turning point for the region. According to him, the EU’s goal is to guarantee stability and prosperity in the Balkans. In an interview with the Zagreb-based daily Vjesnik, …

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• 25 May

  Cypriot President to meet newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu on Tuesday

  Cypriot President Demetris Christofias has accepted an invitation to meet with newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, government spokesman Stephanos Stephanou announced in a statement Saturday (May 22nd). Both will attend a dinner Tuesday with UN special adviser on Cyprus Alexander Downer, effectively the first meeting of the two …

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• 25 May

  Neighbours back EU integration of Western Balkans

  The EU integration processes of Albania and other countries in the Western Balkans have gotten a shot in the arm from Romania, Greece and Bulgaria. “We adopted a joint declaration regarding our commitment to the European prospects of the Western Balkan countries,” Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi said on Friday …

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• 25 May

  Albanian opposition expected to return to parliament

  Albania – Lawmakers from the opposition Socialist Party (SP) are expected to attend parliament sessions this week, following the start of negotiations to resolve the ongoing political stalemate. Local media reported at the weekend that SP leader Edi Rama was told at a negotiating table in Strasbourg to get his …

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• 25 May

  Macedonian President reaffirms willingness to resolve name dispute

  Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov reiterated on Sunday (May 23rd) that his country is willing to resolve the long-standing name dispute with Greece, telling Radio Free Europe that there is no alternative to EU and NATO membership. The president, however, stressed that this solution must be mutually acceptable. He said there …

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