March, 2009

• 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 …

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• 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 …

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• 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 …

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• 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 …

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• 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.

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• 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 …

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• 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 …

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• 5 March

  Britain to start reducing peacekeepers in Kosovo in March

  Britain will start reducing its troops from the NATO-led international peacekeeping Kosovo Force (KFOR) in late March as a result of the improved security situation, the British Embassy in Pristina said on Wednesday. The embassy said in a statement on behalf of the British Ministry of Defense that the force …

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• 5 March

  Slovenia pledges support for Montenegro’s EU membership

  Slovenia firmly supported Montenegro’s efforts for the accession to the European Union (EU), Slovenian President Danilo Tuerk said on Wednesday after meeting his Montenegrin counterpart Filip Vujanovic. Tuerk said at the Brdo castle in the suburbs of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana that Slovenia was promoting the idea that the EU …

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• 5 March

  Swiss embassy in Georgia begins issuing Russian visas

  TBILISI/MOSCOW, March 5  – The Swiss embassy in Georgia began on Thursday accepting applications for Russian entry visas from Georgian nationals. Georgia severed diplomatic ties with Russia in late August 2008 after Moscow recognized its former republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. Recognition followed a five-day war …

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