March, 2009

• 5 March

  Macedonia hopes name dispute to be solved soon

  Sofia. Macedonia has good relation with all of the Balkan countries. This is what speaker of Macedonian Parliament Trayko Veljanovski said, FOCUS News Agency reporter informs. In his words implantation of hate and lack of dialogue between the countries in the region is not in countries’ interest.

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• 5 March

  Two Votes in one Day Idea Denied by Parliament

  The Bulgarian Parliament voted Thursday against the proposal to make a change in the Constitution that would allow both the elections for the European Parliament and the national one to be held on the same day. The proposal was made by NDSV, a member of the ruling three way coalition, …

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• 5 March

  Albania Minister Sacked Over Sex Scandal

  Albania’s Minister of Culture Ylli Pango was fired on Wednesday, after a video showing him allegedly asking sexual favours from young women applying for a job in his ministry was broadcast on TV. The video and audio broadcast on the investigative program Fisk Fare on Top Channel TV shows Pango …

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• 5 March

  Stanisic Made His Own News: Serbian Pres

  Jovica Stanisic, the former chief of Serbia’s State Security, secured the CIA’s support in his bid to clear his name at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia with the help of Russia’s former prime minister, Yevgeny Primakov, according to Belgrade daily Blic. The same newspaper also claims that Stanisic …

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• 5 March

  Postponed Kosovo Trial Begins

  The first trial to be held in Kosovo’s northern town of Mitrovica after the courts in the town shut down in February 2008, has begun. The EU’s Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX, opened the trial against two Kosovo Serbs charged with breaking into the home of an elderly …

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• 5 March

  Tadic: No Quick Fix for Serbian Economy

  On the second day of Serbia’s Economic Forum held in the Kopaonik ski resort, the country’s President and government ministers gave some impressive speeches but failed to shed any new light on government policy. Tadic told the gathering that that he expects his government to reach an agreement with the …

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• 5 March

  Bulgaria Prepares for New Gas Crisis

  Bulgaria is preparing contingency plans to ration gas to industrial consumers in case the gas dispute between Ukraine and Russia once again blocks supplies to the country, the economy minister Petar Dimitrov said on March 04. Since Bulgaria relies entirely on Russian gas transited through Ukraine, Bulgaria was one of …

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• 5 March

  Serbia: Tadic Gives Stark Economic Warning

  In a keynote speech delivered at an annual forum of Serbian economists the country’s president Boris Tadic delivered an impassioned call for an end to links between business, the state and crime. Addressing what some sections of the media have dubbed “Serbia’s Davos”, Tadic told delegates that without greater development …

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• 4 March

  Russia warms to US stance

  RUSSIA is open to overtures from the US on its proposed missile defence plan but not to a deal in which the US would shelve the plan in exchange for Russia’s help on Iran. The Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, said he was responding to a report about a private letter …

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• 4 March

  Georgia’s Saakashvili has another challenger

  TBILISI, Georgia: A leading Georgian opposition party is putting forth its leader to challenge President Mikhail Saakashvili. Labor Party leader Shalva Natelashvili’s decision comes as opposition groups struggle to force Saakashvili to hold new elections.

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