March, 2009

• 15 March

  Bulgarian President Looks Forward to Lithuania Visit

  Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov, will arrive Monday for a three-day official visit to Lithuania He is set to discuss energy security and the Eastern Neighborhood Policy with his Lithuanian counterpart Valdas Adamkus. The bilateral meeting between the delegations headed by the Presidents will be followed by a signature ceremony of …

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• 15 March

  Economy Minister: Bulgaria Banking System Indecently Healthy

  Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister, Petar Dimitrov, has supported the Bulgarian banking system. Dimitrov also said that the country was on the verge of attracting a large number of multinational companies into the Bulgarian Energy market, at an upbeat meeting in Varna late Friday. Dimitrov stated that Bulgaria’s banking system …

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• 14 March

  500 Croats At Commemorative Service For D. Puljic

  A commemorative service was held in Stuttgart on Friday for Denis Puljic, whose life was taken by Tim Kretschmer in a massacre. A commemorative service was held in Stuttgart on Friday for Denis Puljic, a Croat whose life was taken by 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer at the end of his massacre …

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• 14 March

  Serbian Government Amends Anti-Discrimination Bill

  The bill, which now goes to parliament, is a key precondition for Serbia to join the European Union and its visa-free regime. The Serbian government said on Friday it had amended an anti-discrimination bill following requests from key religious communities but that the draft still met international standards. The bill, …

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• 14 March

  Medvedev Invites Lawmakers To Criticise Gov`t

  Kremlin is increasingly concerned about possible social turmoil and Medvedev has called for a more flexible political system. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev invited local lawmakers in unusual remarks on Friday to criticise the government’s handling of the deepening economic crisis. “It’s clear that discussions are possible and even necessary on …

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• 14 March

  Serb court jails 13, acquits five of war crimes

  Thirteen Serbs were convicted of war crimes and sentenced to prison on Thursday for the execution-style killings of some 200 Croats — one of the worst massacres of prisoners of war (POWs) during the bloody Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. Serbia’s war crimes court judges handed the maximum 20-year sentence …

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• 14 March

  Croatia Consumer Price Inflation Rises In February

  Friday, Croatia’s Central Bureau of Statistics announced that the consumer price index or CPI rose 4.2% year-over-year in February, larger than the 3.4% increase recorded in the previous month.

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• 14 March

  German and Slovak FMs: Kosovo has made progress

  German Foreign Minister Frank Walter-Steinmeier, during a meeting with his Slovak counterpart, said that “he’s positively impressed with the Kosovo developments”, adding that “the country has many other challenges ahead.” Steinmier made these comments after the meeting with the Slovakia Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak.

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• 14 March

  Croatia eyes EU membership by 2011

  Croatia would continue bringing its legislation into line with the European Union in order to enter the pan-Europe bloc by 2011, Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic said in the Croatian capital Zagreb on Friday. Speaking after meeting his Hungarian counterpart Kinga Goencz, Jandrokovic said that Slovenia should not block Croatia’s …

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• 14 March

  Austrian diplomat appointed as Bosnia peace envoy

  SARAJEVO – Austrian diplomat Valentin Inzko was named as Bosnia’s new peace envoy on Friday, with the task of managing tensions between Muslims, Croats and Serbs and speeding up the country’s integration into Europe. The Peace Implementation Council (PIC), the international body that overseas Bosnia’s peace process, said Inzko would …

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