August, 2009

• 26 August

  KLA war crimes case goes to retrial

  SERBIA The Supreme Court of Serbia has overturned a verdict that set Sinan Morina, charged with war crimes, free. The ethnic Albanian was a member of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Now the case has been returned to the first-degree court for a retrial. The statement from the Supreme …

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• 26 August

  Haradinaj to appear in Hague Oct. 28

  HOLLAND The Hague Tribunal has set October 28 as the date for the arraignment of ethnic Kosovo Albanians Ramush Haradinaj, Idriz Balaj and Lah Brahimaj. The three are former members of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). After the 1999 war in the province, Haradinaj pursued a political career and …

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• 26 August

  Indictment proposal against Vučinić

  SERBIA The Third Municipal Belgrade Office of the Public Prosecutor has raised an indictment proposal against Siniša Vučinić. Vučinić is facing charges over threats directed at MP Žarko Korać and reporter Miloš Vasić, spokesman Dragan Milošević said on Wednesday. Vučinić’s detention has been extended pending the next decision of the …

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• 26 August

  Moldova Government To Resign At Session

  MOLDOVA Moldova’s Communist-led government has said it would submit its resignation at the opening of a new parliament this week. The declaration was drafted at the government’s final meeting and is to be handed in at the session on August 28 in the ex-Soviet republic. For the first time since …

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• 26 August

  Russia Says Recognition Of Rebel Regions Irreversible

  RUSSIA Russia will never reverse its decision to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia as states independent of Georgia, President Dmitry Medvedev has said, the anniversary of the decision. The Kremlin recognized the Moscow-backed regions as independent on August 26 of last year, weeks after Russian forces crushed a Georgian attempt …

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• 26 August

  American and Macedonian soldiers to train together

  MACEDONIA Troopers of the Macedonian and US army will start a training, which will be realized in Ilinden barrack and Krivolak boot camp. Troopers from the regiment for special operations (RSO), the battalion of ARM’s police and representatives from Vermont National guard will participate in the training. The training’s purpose, …

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• 26 August

  Greece to cooperate with Turkey in NATO frameworks

  GREECE Greece is ready to cooperate with Turkey in the framework of NATO, the Spokesperson for the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs Grigoris Delavekuras said. Greek authorities will state their position to the Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen , who arrived yesterday in Athens and will visit Turkey as …

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• 26 August

  Deputy Speaker of Georgian Parliament calls Abkhazians and Ossetians for launching dialogue

  GEORGIA Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, leader of a political “We ourselves” party, Paata Davitaia, calls for ethnic Abkhazians and Ossetians to come to themselves and begin a dialogue with Georgia. Davitaia spoke about it at a press conference dedicated to the anniversary of Abkhazia and South Ossetia’s independence recognized …

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• 26 August

  Russia vows to protect S Ossetia

  RUSSIA Russia’s prime minister has vowed to protect the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, a year after it recognised their independence. Speaking at the opening of a direct gas pipeline to South Ossetia, Vladimir Putin said his country would not allow any “military escapades” by Georgia. The …

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• 26 August

  KOSOVO Hoxha is Kosovo’s new ambassador to Bulgaria. Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu appointed Hoxha as Kosovo’s ambassador to Bulgaria on Wednesday. She was singled out among 20 candidates and after passing a test of Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry. She is a lawyer and has been working with UNMIK in Kosovo for …

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