April, 2009

• 16 April

  Serbian Govt Set to Adopt Budget Rebalance

  The Serbian government is expected to adopt a rebalancing of the 2009 budget at Thursday’s session. Even though it was stated on Wednesday that the budget proposal was adopted by the government’s chief councils, according to Belgrade’s B92 network, the Finance Ministry was working into the late hours of the …

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• 16 April

  Unprepared Bosnia Starts Negotiations with IMF

  Bosnia’s top western envoy has urged Bosnia’s Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim)-Croat dominated Federation to curb public spending in a bid to get urgent financial support from the International Monetary Fund, IMF. “The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina must bring its expenditures under control to ensure financial stability and meet IMF requirements. …

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• 15 April

  Macedonian government vows to invest 8 billion euros in infrastructure

  The government of Macedonia proposed an ambitious plan to invest 8 billion euros in the country’s infrastructure through 2016. Fresh off a commanding victory in the April 5th presidential and local runoff, the ruling VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition in Macedonia now has a chance to make good on its plan to invest …

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• 15 April

  Serbia ready to forward stance on Kosovo to ICJ

  Belgrade hopes that the International Court of Justice will rule that Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence violated international law, while officials in Pristina expect the court to rule in their favour. Serbia has finalised its argument against Kosovo’s independence and will forward it to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) …

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• 14 April

  UN condemns murder of Afghan legislator by Taliban

  Kabul – The United Nations office in Afghanistan Monday condemned the assassination of a woman provincial legislator in southern Afghanistan by Taliban militants. Sitara Achikzai, who was aged in her 50s, was shot dead Sunday afternoon by Taliban fighters riding on motorbikes outside her home in Kandahar city, the capital …

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• 14 April

  Afghan Taliban execute eloping pair: official

  HERAT, Afghanistan – Taliban militants publicly executed a man and girl on Monday for eloping when she was already engaged to marry someone else, an official said, in a sign of the grip the Islamists have over parts of Afghanistan. Hashim Noorzai, head of Khash Rud district in southwestern Nimruz …

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• 13 April

  Estul şi Vestul se confruntă la Chişinău

  Dan Dungaciu „Orice cerere pentru organizarea de noi alegeri pentru reexaminarea rezultatului votului care a avut loc este fără fundament” (Ministrul rus de Externe Serghei Lavrov) S-a spus de nenumărate ori că grila principală prin care trebuie developate orice evenimente de la Chişinău trebuie să fie geopolitică. Însă nu doar …

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• 12 April

  Afghan female provincial legislator gunned down

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  – Taliban gunmen on motorbikes gunned down a woman provincial legislator in Afghanistan Sunday as authorities said they had killed 40 more Taliban in their battle to defeat the extremists. Legislator Sitara Achikzai, a high school teacher and women’s rights activist in her 50s, was shot dead outside …

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• 12 April

  Female official killed in southern Afghanistan

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A female provincial official known for fighting for women’s rights was gunned down in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, following a day of fighting in the region that left 22 militants dead, officials said. A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmedi, claimed responsibility for the attack.

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• 11 April

  Bosnia. Two New Mass Graves Found

  Two new mass graves containing the bodies of Bosnian Muslims who had been killed during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina have been discovered in the east of the country, the Bosnian Missing Persons Institute (INO) reported. The mass graves were discovered on Thursday and Friday on Mount Romanija and near Tuzla. …

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