October, 2009

• 23 October

  All state shares in public companies in Albania to be privatized

  All state shares in the Albanian public companies will be privatized in the next four years, said Albanian Economy Minister Dritan Prifti. Prifti said the ministry was making inventories and assessments in the companies concerned.

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• 23 October

  Russia would build energy projects in Montenegro

  Russian companies are interested in building energy projects in Montenegro, announced Russian Minister of Emergency Situations Sergey Shoygu. The minister visited Podgorica on Thursday. He and Montenegrin Foreign Minister Milan Rocen signed the protocol from the third session of the intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation between …

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• 23 October

  EU is biggest active donor in Montenegro

  The European Union is the biggest active donor in Montenegro. The European Commission’s annual assistance through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) amounts to around 1% of the country’s GDP.

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• 23 October

  Dodik Slams Butmir Package, Proposes New Talks

  Republika Srpska Premier Milorad Dodik has sharply criticised recent negotiations initiated by senior EU and US officials and called for new talks among local leaders without the presence of international officials. The “Butmir talks were an unnecessary adventure,” local media quoted Dodik as saying on Friday.

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• 23 October

  Boc Backs PM Designate

  Romania’s interim Prime Minister Emil Boc has offered his support to his designated replacement, Lucian Croitoru, pledging to help him build a new government. Despite the offer, the final decision regarding the structure of a rejigged cabinet belongs entirely to Croitoru, the outgoing premier declared. Boc’s Democratic Lliberals announced that …

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• 23 October

  IMF Mission to Visit Romania

  A second IMF mission will review Romania’s progress in achieving benchmarks linked to a major aid package, from October 28 to November 9. The Fund’s Romania mission chief, Jeffrey Franks, said on Thursday: “Due to ongoing political developments, a follow-up mission may be necessary to continue discussions after a new …

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• 21 October

  Lideri nisu postigli dogovor

  Predsjednici sedam najvećih stranaka u BiH jučer nisu mogli postići sporazum o ustavnim promjenama u BiH, a razgovori u vojnoj bazi u Butmiru biće nastavljeni danas. Nakon okončanja runde pregovora stranački lideri iznijeli su suprotstavljene stavove o ponuđenom paketu ustavnih promjena, a predstavnici SAD i EU razgovore su ocijenili “prilično …

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• 21 October

  Hague to allow Šešelj to defend self

  The Hague Tribunal trial chamber has turned down a prosecution motion to impose a defense counsel on Vojislav Šešelj. “The trial chamber, given the new information, has decided to reject the motion to impose a defense counsel… So, you’ll continue representing yourself?” Judge Jean-Claude Antonetti (presiding) asked the Serb Radical …

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• 21 October

  Administration of Tiraspol remand center bans access for protesting detainees’ relatives and OSCE

  The authorities in Transnistria say they received no related complaints and that the situation is under control. The situation of the persons held at the remand center of the Tiraspol police station, who went on hunger strike last weekend, remained unchanged. Representatives of the OSCE Mission paid a visit to …

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• 21 October

  Shoigu announces “new security system”

  Russian Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu says that Serbia, as a part of Europe, will be part of a common European security concept. He refused to get into details regarding the concept after his meeting with Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić, and advised journalists to them to ask Russian President …

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