September, 2009

• 28 September

  Romania’s PM Fires Interior Minister

  Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday fired the country’s Interior Minister Dan Nica citing “poor results in his post”, a move that has heightened tensions between the ruling coalition. “I’ve informed our partners in the ruling coalition about my intention for the replacement of Interior Minister and have asked …

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• 28 September

  Macedonia Blames “Dark Forces” For Encyclopaedia

  Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski on Sunday distanced himself from the publication of the controversial Macedonian encyclopaedia, and blamed the offending pages in the book on ”dark forces” who wish to harm his country. Without pointing fingers, Gruevski said that the passages in the book saying that Albanians were ”settlers” …

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• 28 September

  Macedonian Albanians Prepare Protests

  Several ethnic Albanian parties from Macedonia, Thursday will stage a protest in front of the government building to express their objections to the new publication of the Macedonian encyclopaedia. Calling it a “political pamphlet” that “inflicted great evil upon the Albanian population” the parties say they cannot guarantee that all …

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• 28 September

  Albania PM Appeals for Kosovo at UN

  Albania’s Prime Minister Sali Berisha gave an impassioned speech this weekend to the UN General Assembly appealing for more countries to recognise Kosovo’s independence. Arguing that further recognitions would strengthen peace and stability in the region, he thanked the 62 countries who have already recognised the country’s independence.

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• 28 September

  Bulgaria PM to Consult on Belene Plant

  Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will on Monday consult with the German power company RWE about its future role in the Belene nuclear plant project, following reports last week that it may quit the project due to rising costs, local media report. Bulgaria’s previous government chose the German power utility …

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• 28 September

  Moldova Wants Treaty With Romania

  Moldova’s newly elected Western-leaning government said Friday that it wants to sign a political treaty with neighboring Romania, Radio Free Europe reports. Chisinau’s new liberal-led government has said it wants to improve ties with Romania, after relations between the two countries reached a nadir following demonstrations in April which the …

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• 25 September

  Agentul integrării europene este… poştaşul!

  „Eu sunt sigur că avem capacitatea de a asigura oamenii cu salarii, pensii şi, în general, cu asistenţa socială, pe care o vor avea în premieră”. (Vlad Filat, TIMPUL, 17.08.2009) Dezbaterile din jurul viitorului AIE păcătuiesc, deseori, prin lipsa perspectivei. Se va alege sau nu se va alege preşedintele? Vor …

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• 25 September

  BiH bliže ukidanju viza

  Vijeće ministara BiH utvrdilo je na jučerašnjoj sjednici Prijedlog zakona o agenciji za prevenciju korupcije i koordinaciju borbe protiv korupcije. “Usvojili smo i strategije i akcione planove za borbu protiv korupcije, organizovanog kriminala te opojnih droga. Time smo ispunili najveći dio preostalih obaveza iz ‘mape puta’ za liberalizaciju viznog režima …

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• 25 September

  Declaration by the Swedish Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the appointment of a Moldovan Government

  The European Union welcomes the appointment of a Government in the Republic of Moldova, following the repeat parliamentary elections on 29 July. The European Union notes with satisfaction all political contributions to the democratic process following the elections and trusts that a climate of responsible cooperation will prevail as political …

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• 25 September

  Jeremić: Chances good at ICJ

  FM Vuk Jeremić says there is a very good chance that the International Court of Justice will rule that Kosovo’s unilateral independence declaration was illegal. “We’re hopeful. We’re confident of the strength of our legal arguments and it would be hard to impose political views on that court,“ Jeremić told …

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