September, 2009

• 1 September

  Sofia softens its policy towards Macedonia: media

  BULGARIA, MACEDONIA The Bulgarian government’s policy towards Macedonia, actions of Bulgarian tourists on cleaning desecrated monument in Struga, as well as the pink BMW cars of the Bulgarian defense ministry are among the subjects related to Bulgaria in Macedonian media. Kanal 5 TV channel comments on whether the new Bulgarian …

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• 1 September

  Sofia should nominate EU Commissioner by October: EP President Buzek

  BULGARIA Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Rumyana Zheleva was in Brussels yesterday. There she met EPP’s leaders Wilfried Martens and Joseph Daul, as well as the President of the European Parliamen Jerzy Buzek. Jerzy Buzek made it clear Bulgaria should be ready with its nomination for EU Commissioner in October, …

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• 1 September

  Hostile Turkey and Armenia to hold diplomatic talks

  TURKEY Relations between hostile neighbours Turkey and Armenia have taken a turn for the better with the two countries’ agreeing to hold talks on establishing diplomatic ties. It was last year’s unprecedented meeting between their leaders in the Armenian capital which began the slow improvement after almost a century of …

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• 1 September

  Macedonia Fears Second Greek Veto

  MACEDONIA Greece has toughened its stance in the dispute over Macedonia’s official name, making it more likely to block its neighbour’s EU membership bid, Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki said. Milososki’s comments came in an interview with Reuters on Monday, held on the sidelines of a regional security conference in …

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• 1 September

  Macedonia Probes Secret Service Ties

  MACEDONIA Lustration procedures, focusing on past security service ties, begin for all public officials in Macedonia on Tuesday, with prominent public office holders the first under the spotlight. Public office holders have until the end of September to submit a statement to the parliamentary Commission for the Verification of Facts, …

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• 1 September

  Guilty Plea in Albanian Munitions Trafficking Case

  ALBANIA The CEO of Miami-based company AEY, who is suspected of conducting a shady munitions deal with Albanian authorities to ship Chinese-made ammunition to the Afghan army, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy in Florida. The dealer, 24-year-old Efraim E. Diveroli, who is often described as a weapons “genius”, admitted that …

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• 1 September

  Envoy Urges States to Back Bosnia’s EU, NATO Bid

  BiH Bosnia’s top western envoy has urged Croatia, Slovenia and Turkey to provide further support to Bosnia’s bid for full NATO and EU membership. On Monday, Bosnia’s High Representative Valentin Inzko met Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic, Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar and Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, oin the …

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August, 2009

• 31 August

  Odriču se 165 miliona KM godišnje

  BiH Vlada Federacije BiH, odnosno njena resorna ministarstva, u protekloj godini nisu naplatili više od 165 miliona KM koncesionih naknada, potvrđeno je u Komisiji za koncesije FBiH. Predsjednik Komisije Šefik Koričić tvrdi da se situacija u ovoj godini nije promijenila u odnosu na prošlu. Kaže da ne zna zašto nadležna …

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• 31 August

  SDA traži alternativu u hrvatskom narodu

  BiH Hrvatska stranka prava (HSP) Đapić-dr Jurišić mogla bi, umjesto HDZ BiH i HDZ 1990, postati novi partner SDA u formiranju vlasti u Federaciji BiH. Ova najava uslijedila je nakon što su u četvrtak ministri iz dva HDZ-a napustili sjednicu Vlade FBiH nezadovoljni promjenom trase koridora 5c na području Hercegovine. …

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• 31 August

  Nisu usvojili ni trećinu planiranih zakona

  BiH Vijeće ministara BiH u prvih šest mjeseci ove godine usvojilo je manje od deset odsto planiranih zakona dok je državni parlament uspio realizirati tek 23 odsto svog plana. Podaci su ovo o radu Vijeća ministara i parlamenta BiH koje su juče predstavili Centri civilnih inicijativa (CCI), nevladina organizacija koja …

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