September, 2009

• 29 September

  EU steps up Georgia patrols before war report

  On the eve of a European Union report on who started the Russia-Georgia war, EU monitors have stepped up their patrols in Georgia to try to keep tensions from boiling over into violence, an official said Tuesday. The August 2008 war ended with Russian soldiers driving Georgian forces out of …

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• 29 September

  Georgian FM & EU special representative on South Caucasus mull Georgia- EU relations

  Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze and EU special representative on South Caucasus Peter Semneby discussed the Tbilisi-Brussels relations. Head of the European Commission Delegation to Georgia Per Eklund, Special Envoy of the Swedish EU Presidency to Georgia Fredrik Löjdquist and Political Advisor of EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus …

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• 29 September

  Southeast Europe defence ministers meet in Sofia

  Having assumed the rotating presidency of the SEDM (Southeast Europe Defence Ministerial Process) on 15 July 2009, Bulgaria will hold meetings of the political-military steering committee of the southeast Europe multinational peace force and of the co-ordination committee of SEDM. Attending will be members of the SEDM, in parallel with …

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• 29 September

  Finland Sends New Ambassador to Bulgaria

  The new Ambassador of Finland to Bulgaria, Tarja Laitiainen, presented last week her credentials to the President of Bulgaria, Georgi Parvanov. The ceremony was followed by a discussion with President Parvanov in the resplendent Presidential Palace. After the discussion, the Finnish National Anthem was played in an outstanding way in …

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• 29 September

  Bulgaria’s interest in nuclear power

  Bulgaria is to press forward with constructing the Belene nuclear power station should finding issues be resolved. Belene was begun in 1987, but a lack of finance halted the project by 1991.

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• 29 September

  Macedonia’s DUI Considers Leaving Government

  The ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, might leave the government if the prime minister fails to clearly condemn a controversial Macedonian encyclopaedia. Referring to his party’s leader, DUI Vice President Rafiz Aliti told reporters Monday: “If [Ali] Ahmeti decides, we are ready to leave our posts at once.”

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• 29 September

  EC: Serbia Making Progress on Visa Liberalisation

  European Commission, EC, Vice-President Jacques Barrot says the EC will suggest that the EU Council include Serbia in the bloc’s visa-free regime should a technical mission’s report prove positive. “Serbian Interior Ministry Ivica Dacic handed me a report on Serbia’s progress on the visa liberalisation roadmap this morning, which Serbia …

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• 29 September

  Albania To Rewrite Controversial Textbook

  Albania’s Education Ministry said Tuesday that a history textbook for twelfth graders, which was excoriated by the press and opposition, will be rewritten. “Every mistake in the textbooks will be corrected within the year,” Education Minister Myqerem Tafaj said in a statement.

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• 28 September

  Poklonjena imovina vrijedna oko 77 miliona KM

  Uprava kompanije “Energoinvest” iz Sarajeva prepustila je bez naknade svojim kćerkama firmama oko 77 miliona KM vrijednu imovinu.Pokazala je to dosadašnja istraga o poslovanju kompanije “Energoinvest” koju provodi Kantonalno tužilaštvo u Sarajevu. Većina ovih firmi kćerki je privatizirana, a novi vlasnici dobili su i ovu imovinu.

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• 28 September

  Za izbor teksta himne 33.000 KM

  Članovi Komisije za izbor teksta himne BiH za svoj angažman dobit će 33.000 KM, odnosno svaki član od njih 11 po 3.000 KM. U radu ove komisije učestvovalo je šest državnih poslanika i delegata, te pet istaknutih kulturnih i javnih djelatnika. “Komisija je pregledala i proanalizirala 339 prijavljenih radova. Napominjemo …

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