March, 2009

• 6 March

  Bulgaria Promotes Ethnic Turk Minister to Major

  Emel Etem, Bulgaria’s Minister of Emergency Situations, has been promoted to major, the department she heads announced. The military title has been conferred on her at the initiative of Defense Minister Nikolay Tsonev and coincides with the minister’s birthday. Emel Etem is member of the predominantly ethnic Turkish Movement for …

  Read More »
• 6 March

  Albania Sex Scandal Turns to Soap Opera

  After the dismissal on Wednesday of the Minister of Culture over a video that was broadcast nationwide showing him asking sexual favours from two young women in exchange for a job in his ministry, Albanians remained glued to their TV sets on Thursday as the drama continued to unfold on …

  Read More »
• 6 March

  Serbian Town Officials Owe 6 Mln for 400,000 Kebabs

  The municipal court in Novi Pazar ordered the town’s management to pay 6 million dinars from the city budget to the “Sadrvan” restaurant, more famous as “Jonuz’s Kebab Shop”, for kebabs eaten between 2004 and 2008, during the mandate of the former authorities. The current authorities say this is only …

  Read More »
• 6 March

  Ukraine Mulls Response to Romania Spy Scandal

  Ukraine says it is looking for an “adequate response” to Romania’s decision to expel Kiev’s military attaché to Bucharest following an alleged involvement in espionage. “Bucharest has not followed all normal procedures in such situations so we are now looking for an adequate response,” said a spokesperson from Ukraine’s Ministry …

  Read More »
• 6 March

  Kosovo Serbs Block Police Station

  A crowd of Kosovo Serbs stopped representatives of Kosovo’s police and the EU’s Rule of Law Mission, EULEX, from visiting a police station in the northern town of Leposavic on Thursday. Kosovo’s police director Sheremet Ahmeti and and EULEX’s police director Reiner Kuehn’s entrance into the police station was blocked …

  Read More »
• 5 March

  Serbia Offers to Arrest Hadzic Instead of Mladic

  The Serbian authorities offered the European Union to extradite war crimes indictees Goran Hadzic instead of Ratko Mladic so Serbia could continue its European negotiations, Belgrade’s Vecernje novosti daily reported. Although the Serbian authorities still have not found the former Croat Serb leader, they offered to extradite him to the …

  Read More »
• 5 March

  Bomb Blast Kills Six In Russia`s Ingushetia

  Police tried to defuse a bomb found near a cemetery on the edge of the village of Surkhakhi but it went off as they worked on it. Six policemen were killed and two were injured on Thursday in a bomb explosion in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus region of Ingushetia, a …

  Read More »
• 5 March

  Macedonia acquires three fire-fighting planes

  Skopje,  – Protection and Rescue Directorate (PRD) signed Wednesday an agreement with Spanish company “Air Tractor Europe S.L.” for procurement of three fire-fighting amphibious aircrafts. PRD manager Saban Saliu and representative of the Spanish company, Hugo Arceo signed the contract.

  Read More »
• 5 March

  Ivanov: Unity is Macedonia’s future

  Skopje, – Support in ensuring economic prosperity and political stability in Macedonia, responsible foreign policy, support of EU integration processes and the strategic partnership with the United States, collaboration with institutions at central and local level, commitment to the multi-ethnic concept, devotion to and protection of the tradition, culture and …

  Read More »
• 5 March

  Albania to borrow 250 mln euros via Deutsche, Alpha

  TIRANA, March 5 – Albania will borrow 250 million euros through Deutsche Bank and Greece’s Alpha Bank in a syndicated loan to fund its budget deficit, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. “The best offer was the one presented by Deutsche Bank and Alpha Bank. The Finance Ministry will give …

  Read More »