April, 2009

• 10 April

  Bulgarian EU Parliament Members Visit Macedonia over Military Graveyards Issue

  Bulgarian European Parliament Members Evgeni Kirilov (PES) and Nikolay Mladenov (EPP) are on an official visit to Skopje, Macedonia, over the issue with Bulgarian military graveyards in the former Yugoslav republic on Friday. The frontline where the Bulgarian Army fought during the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) and WWI is within the …

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• 10 April

  EU is ‘Scared’ by Situation in Bosnia

  The European Union is “scared” by the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and concerned the country is lagging behind the rest of the region, the Czech Foreign Minister said. The message came at the end of the two-day visit of Czech, French and Swedish foreign ministers – Karel Schwarzenberg, Bernard …

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• 10 April

  Maldives Recognition Probe Ends

  The Parliament of the Maldives has suspended an investigation into allegations of a $2 million bribe, allegedly accepted by the government of this small chain of Indian Ocean islands to recognise Kosovo’s independence. A parliamentary committee that was investigating the allegation, after concerns raised by Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed, said …

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• 10 April

  Greece Expects Cooperation From Macedonia

  Greece hopes the new Macedonian President will cooperate in finding a compromise to the long-standing name row between the two countries, the Greek Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. Athens hopes that Georgi Ivanov, the President elect from Sunday’s poll, “will work on settling the name row in line with NATO …

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• 10 April

  ‘Karadzic – Holbrooke deal was signed’

  A deal guaranteeing immunity for Bosnian war-time leader Radovan Karadzic was agreed by US special envoy Richard Holbrooke, it has been claimed. Gojko Klickovic, who is indicted for war crimes, said he was present when an agreement was made and signed by Radovan Karadzic and Richard Holbrooke in 1996, he …

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• 10 April

  IMF: ‘Macedonia’s Budget Needs Revising’

  Macedonia’s budget needs to be urgently revised as the country spends more than it receives, the International Monetary Fund’s representative to the country, Bert Van Selm, said in the local media. He said this year’s first trimester shows a forecasted 13 per cent growth in revenue, on which the budget …

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• 9 April

  Damage to Moldova’s parliament estimated at $40 mln

  CHISINAU, April 9  – Damage to the parliament building in Moldova following Tuesday’s riots in Chisinau has been estimated at $40 million, the parliamentary speaker said on Thursday. Marian Lupu said repairs to the building would cost $30 million and replacing damaged furniture and looted equipment would require a further …

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• 9 April

  Communists take lead in Moldova’s parliamentary elections

  CHISINAU, April 9 – Moldova’s Communists got 49.48 percent of the vote in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, according to the preliminary data of the Central Election Commission (CEC) on Thursday. The Party of Communists was followed by the Liberal Party with 13.14 percent, the Liberal Democrat Party with 12.43 …

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• 9 April

  Moldova’s election body to pass poll results to court

  CHISINAU, April 9 – Moldova’s top election authorities plan to submit the results of the recent parliamentary elections for approval to the Constitutional Court on Friday, the Central Election Commission head said on Thursday. “Late last night we concluded the final results of the parliamentary elections held in the country. …

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• 9 April

  Three Romanian journalists to be expelled from Moldova

  Bucharest. Authorities in Moldova are ready to expel three Romanian journalists after communist President Vladimir Voronin accused Bucharest of trying to topple his government, Romanian Ziare.com news website announced, citing RIA Novosti agency and its anonymous sources from the Moldovan secret services. The sources claim the Romanian reporters participated in …

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