January, 2010

• 8 January

  Ljube Boskovski asked early elections to be held in Macedonia

  Leader of the Union for Macedonia Ljube Boskovski asked for early elections to be held in Macedonia. Boskovski called on Prime Minister (PM) Nikola Gruevski to hold early elections the issue on what support the present have among citizens to be resolved once and for all. Boskovski claimed a research …

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• 8 January

  Croatia to close EU accession talks in 2010: Stefan Fule

  Czech candidate for EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule considers Croatia will close the EU accession talks in 2010. According to Fule his main talks will be each future expansion to be fell prepared. “The judicial reforms and the main rights are big challenge for Croatia,” Fule noted.

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• 8 January

  Tadic Slams Mesic for Serb Killer Sentence

  Relations between Serbia and Croatia reached another critical juncture after Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Thursday decreased by one year a jail sentence of a convicted war criminal, who took part in the executions of ethnic Serb civilians in the Pakracka Poljana region of western Slavonia in late 1991. Serbian …

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• 8 January

  Kosovo Honors Croatia’s Mesic

  Croatian President Stjepan Mesic during his visit to Kosovo on Friday was honored by the Kosovo’s President with the “Golden Medal of Independence”, while Pristina declared him an honourary citizen. During the meeting with his Kosovar counterpart Fatmir Sejdiu, Mesic said the award is the highest the newest state in …

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• 8 January

  Angela Merkel might visit Romania in 2010

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel might pay a visit to the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca in the spring. There she will be conferred a degree honoris causa by the international university Babes-Bolyai in the city. The university expects Ms. Angela Merkel since the moment when its management decided to present her …

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• 8 January

  Croatia Prepares for Presidential Runoff

  Croatians will vote in a presidential runoff election this Sunday, which polls and analysts indicate will be won by jurist and classical music composer Ivo Josipovic of the main opposition Social Democratic Party, SDP. Josipovic, who has campaigned under the promise of “new justice” for Croatia, will face populist independent candidate …

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• 8 January

  Organized crime in Central Europe

  The Central Europe and especially the Czech Republic and Hungary, are used as centers for coordination, communication and conciliation between very powerful international crime syndicates, which have managed to install their HQs of their operations and gain access in the heart of the EU. Although it has not been a …

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• 8 January

  Tadić’s office denies there was “agreement”

  Serbian President Boris Tadič did not reach any agreement with the temporary institutions of Kosovo regarding his stay during Christmas in the monastery of Dečani.

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• 8 January

  Stjepan Mesic to visit Kosovo

  Outgoing Croatian President Stjepan Mesic sets off for a visit to Kosovo. At the end of December he accepted the letters credential of the Kosovan ambassador to Zagreb Valdet Sadiku and said he would visit Kosovo a day after Orthodox Christmas to avoid offending Serbian President Boris Tadic. The Serbian …

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• 7 January

  Kosovo’s Sejdiu asks international community to help dissolve Serb parallel structures

  Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu has asked EULEX and the International Civilian Office (ICO) to support authorities in their efforts to dissolve Serb parallel structures in Kosovo. Sejdiu met on Tuesday (January 5th) with EULEX chief Yves de Kermabon and ICO official Fletcher Burton to discuss the recent appointment of judges …

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