October, 2009

• 31 October

  Bosnian Serb commander convicted of war crimes

  Former Serb army commander Predrag Kujundzic was convicted of crimes against humanity including murder and rape by Bosnia’s war crimes court on Friday and sentenced to 22 years in jail. Judge Saban Maksumic said the court found Kujundzic, 48, guilty of “committing and coercing sexual slavery, rape, severe deprivation of …

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• 31 October

  EU, US Remain Committed to Bosnia Talks

  The EU and US remain committed to ending the political gridlock in Bosnia, despite the apparent failure of their joint diplomatic initiative earlier this month, officials said. EU and US representatives moved to dispel fears that they were abandoning talks on Bosnia’s future, saying that their senior technical experts were …

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• 31 October

  Macedonia, Greece Break Diplomatic Ice

  Macedonian Premier Nikola Gruevski held a short informal meeting with his new Greek counterpart, George Papandreou, on Thursday in Brussels, the first between leaders of the two countries in several years. Both prime ministers avoided journalists after the 20-minute discussion, which was held on the sidelines of the EU Council …

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• 31 October

  Serbia, IMF Agree on Budget

  An IMF delegation and the Serbian government have reached an agreement on Serbia’s state budget for next year. Broadcaster RTS reports that there will be no increase in VAT and that the projected budget deficit will be 4 per cent, half a per cent lower than for this year.

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• 31 October

  Serbia Awaits ICTY Report on Cooperation

  The chair of Serbia’s council for cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, Rasim Ljajic, does not know whether Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will say that Serbia is fully cooperating with the court. Brammertz will visit Serbia next Wednesday to discuss Serbia’s cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former …

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• 30 October

  Se acumulează tensiuni etnice în R. Moldova?

  „Cine seamănă vânt, culege furtună” (proverb românesc) Dincolo de alegerea viitorului preşedinte care pare că acaparează toată dezbaterea publică, există o tensiune surdă care se întrezăreşte tot mai percutant în societatea din R. Moldova. Este tensiunea etnică. Din când în când, vibrează vizibil şi periculos. Un context politic instabil şi …

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• 30 October

  Jeremić expects confirmation of cooperation

  FM Vuk Jeremić says he believes that the chief Hague prosecutor will confirm Serbia’s full cooperation with the Hague Tribunal in his report to the UN SC. He said that Serbian officials will have “detailed meetings” with Serge Brammertz, who is due here on Nov. 4 for a working visit, …

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• 30 October

  Moldova – Communist accusing the IMF of double standards

  Former Minister of Economy MP Igor Dodon said that for the first time ever, the IMF mission did not meet with all parliamentary factions for consultations.

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• 30 October

  Russian and Ukrainian mediators discussed situation in Transnistria

  The Kiev meeting took place in shorter than one week after Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Ukrainian colleague had met in Moscow and discussed the Transnistria topic.

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• 30 October

  Tadic: “Serbia ready for new intiatives on Kosovo”

  President Boris Tadić says Belgrade will continue to insist on a resumption of talks on Kosovo and finding a compromise solution. This, the president told state broadcaster RTS late on Wednesday, regardless of the stand of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) stand on the issue of the legality of …

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