February, 2009

• 28 February

  Romanian elite queues up to enter Parliament

  The battle for inclusion on the EU election lists of Romania’s main political parties has reached new heights as a 28 February registration deadline approaches. The prospect of salaries five times higher than those of current Romanian MEPs appears to be an irresistible incentive. A “war of candidates” is raging …

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• 28 February

  Envoy: Romania to assist Nigeria on military training

  LAGOS, – Marian Parjol, Romanian ambassador to Nigeria, has pledged his country’s readiness to assist Nigeria in the area of military training, reported the News Agency of Nigeria. Parjol made the pledge on Thursday in Abuja when he visited Nigeria’s Minister of Defense Shetimah Mustapha in his office. The envoy …

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• 28 February

  Romania Soldier Dies In Afghanistan

  Romania’s Defence Ministry said a soldier serving in the country’s peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan was killed when his vehicle drove over an explosive device. The ministry said the soldiers were on patrol on Thursday on the highway between Kabul and Qalat, a town near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. The dead …

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• 28 February

  Milutinovic To Return To Serbia Friday

  Former Serbian president Milan Milutinovic, acquited of war crimes relating to the 1998-99 Kosovo conflict, will return to Belgrade on Friday after more than four years spent in detention in The Hague. On Thursday the United Nations war crimes court found five senior Serb officials guilty of orchestrating the murder, …

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• 28 February

  EULEX Treats Kosovo War Crimes As Priority

  Bernard Rabatel, the deputy head of justice of EULEX, the newly deployed EU rule of law mission in Kosovo, says his mission will move fast in going through Kosovo’s war crimes cases because ‘justice delayed is justice denied’. The UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, has handed over to EULEX all …

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• 28 February

  Italy Donates 2 Mln Eur To Kosovo Security Force

  Italy will be donating 2 million euros to the newly formed Kosovo Security Force, a NATO sponsored army established as part of Kosovo’s status arrangements for its declaration of independence of last year. Kosovo’s deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci announced the grant after meeting with Italy’s ambassador to Kosovo, Michael …

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• 28 February

  US Reconfirms Support For Kosovo

  United States Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has reconfirmed Washington’s support for Kosovo during a visit of Kosovo’s senior leaders to the US.. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February 17, 2008 and has since been recognized by 55 states, including the majority of EU members. “We support the new …

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• 28 February

  Half Of Serbs Depressed, Many Suicidal

  Serbia, and especially its northern province of Vojvodina, has the highest rate of suicides in Europe, with 19 out of 100,000 people opting to kill themselves compared to a European average of 13 per 100,000. In Vojvodina the rate is the highest – 28.5 per 100,000. Between 1,300 and 1,400 …

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• 28 February

  ICTY Verdict In Krajisnik Case On March 17

  The Appellate Chamber of the Hague Tribunal is due to pronounce a second-instance verdict in the case of Momcilo Krajisnik, a former Republika Srpska senior official, in mid March. In September 2006 Krajisnik, former President of the Republika Srpska Assembly, was sentenced to 27 years’ imprisonment for crimes against humanity, …

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• 28 February

  Five Guilty Of Kosovo Crimes, Milutinovic Walks

  The United Nations war crimes court in The Hague found five senior Serb officials guilty on Thursday of orchestrating the murder, torture and deportation of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, acquitting former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic. This is the first verdict on atrocities committed by Serb forces in the 1998-99 crackdown …

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