Eurasia Press & News
A senior US diplomat in Bosnia denied accusations that he was behind a conspiracy against top Bosnian Muslim leaders leveled at him by an influential newspaper publisher and the country’s Islamic Community.
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November, 2009
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3 November
Balkan States Work Together on UNESCO Bid
Four countries that emerged from the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s pledged to work together on preparing a nomination that will give their medieval tombstones known as ‘stecci’ a place on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
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3 November
Japan Grants Bosnia Greenhouse Loan
Japan will help Bosnia reduce it green house gas emissions through a 93-milion-euro loan for a desulphurization project in one of the country’s leading thermal power plants.
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2 November
US encouraging Balkans’ EU entry through Athens
The United States in coordination with Greece are encouraging the Western Balkans’ integration into the European Union by 2014. The paper quotes sources in the international community and in Serbian government as saying the desired date for the countries of the Western
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2 November
Serbia – Negotiations with IMF set to continue
The representatives of the Serbian government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will continue negotiations on Monday.
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2 November
Ukraine cuts size of Kosovo force
Ukraine will cut a third of its contingent of soldiers in Kosovo, according to the country’s defense minister. “This is in accordance with the general tendency of KFOR to reduce its number of soldiers stationed in Kosovo,” Defense Minister Valerii Ivashchenko said.
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2 November
Albania, BiH introduce visa-free travel
Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) agreement scrapping bilateral visa requirements entered into force on Sunday. The agreement will allow Albanians and Bosnians to visit each others countries for up to 90 days without having to apply for visas, Albania’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Albanian foreign ministry’s spokesman Ralf Gjoni …
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2 November
Russian envoy: Bosnia no “powder keg”
Russian ambassador to Sarajevo Aleksandr Harchenko said that “he would not classify Bosnia-Herzegovina as a powder keg”. He also said that Russia supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of that country.
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2 November
Putin warns EU about possible gas crisis
Russian PM Vladimir Putin has warned his Swedish counterpart Fredrik Reinfeldt about the possible disruption in the deliveries of Russian gas to Europe. Putin told Reinfeldt in a telephone conversation on Sunday that such a scenario might occur due to Russia’s problems with Ukraine, which is a transit country for …
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2 November
EU: Current situation with Armenia-Turkey relations can’t last forever
Current situation with Armenia-Turkey relations can’t last forever, so the perspective of rapprochement and border opening should be accepted. Scenarios of protecting regional interests should be developed, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Ambassador Peter Semneby stated. According to him, the war in Georgia has shown everybody there are …
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