Eurasia Press & News
BULGARIA Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. Miroslav Naydenov met Thursday with John Ordway, interim Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Sofia, ministry’s press office announced. In the frames of the meeting Minister Naydenov presented his plans to establish new type of dialog and cooperation with all partners …
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September, 2009
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17 September
21 Serbian organizations to run at local elections in Kosovo
A total of 76 “political subjects”, non-attached candidates, civil initiatives and coalitions have registered for the upcoming local elections in Kosovo, scheduled for November 15. Elections Commission chairperson Miradie Mavrici informed that the competition at the local elections will go among 37 Albanian, 21 Serbian, 7 Bosnian, 3 Turkish, 2 …
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17 September
Romanian PM meets Pope Benedict XVI in first day of official visit to Italy
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc and Pope Benedict XVI had a short meeting on Wednesday, part of his two-day official visit to Italy. The Government issued a press release stating that Boc thanked the pope for Catholic Church’s support to Romanian communities living outside Romania, especially in Italy. Boc said …
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17 September
Victims Protest Hague Tribunal’s Work
BiH Several hundred members of victims’ associations have protested in front of the Hague Tribunal and Prosecution building in Sarajevo, setting photos of judges, prosecutors and indictees on fire. The protest was organised by the Association of Detainees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Association of Mothers of Srebrenica and Zepa …
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17 September
Macedonia Expects Barroso’s Support
MACEDONIA Macedonian Premier Nikola Gruevski hopes that Jose Manuel Barroso’s reelection on Wednesday as head of the European Commission, EC, will be positive for his country. On October 14, the EC will issue its annual report on Macedonia’s reform progress. In a congratulatory letter to Barroso, Gruevski said he hoped …
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17 September
EU Comments on Albania’s Elections
ALBANIA The EU has welcomed a monitoring group’s assessment that the June Albanian elections met most OSCE commitments, while noting the conduct of the polls fell short of optimum standards This, according to a written statement from the EU’s Swedish Presidency, confirming receipt of the OSCE/ODHIR Election Observation Mission’s report …
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17 September
Unresolved Succession Issues Remain
SERBIA Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic has said that unresolved issues remain five years after an agreement of five former Yugoslav states took effect. A two-day meeting of representatives of the five successor states – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia – has started in Belgrade.
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17 September
Serbia Prepares for UN Meeting
SERBIA President Boris Tadic is to lead the Serbian delegation attending the 64th UN General Assembly meeting in New York next week, daily Blic reports. Blic reports that the president will meet US counterpart Barack Obama on September 23 at a reception. One of the Serbian delegation’s priorities is to …
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16 September
Sulejman Tihić: Treba deblokirati proces imenovanja
BiH Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara BiH Nikola Špirić uporno kreira nove afere i blokade s ciljem potpunog zaustavljanja rada državnih institucija, tvrdi Sulejman Tihić, predsjednik SDA i zamjenik predsjedvajućeg Doma naroda parlamenta BiH. Kaže da Špirić ovim namjerava pokazati da državne institucije ne mogu raditi pa samim tim i ne trebaju …
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16 September
Three new municipalities to be created in Kosovo
KOSOVO Pieter Feith says that three new Kosovo municipalities and one expanded one will be constituted straight after the local elections on November 15. According to the International Civilian Representative’s (ICR) press bureau, Feith said that preparations were complete in the new municipalities of Gračanica, Klokot-Vrbovac, Ranilug, as well as …
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