March, 2009

• 27 March

  14 Die In Russian Bus Accident-Ministry

  Rescue workers used a crane to peel the blackened roof from the twisted metal frame of the bus on the outskirts of Petushki. Fourteen people died and four were injured on Thursday when a bus burst into flames after colliding with a lorry just east of Moscow, Russia’s Emergency Ministry …

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• 27 March

  Serbian, Bosnian Ministers Want Army Cooperation

  During his visit to Bosnia Herzegovina, Sutanovac said that the past cannot be forgotten, but more can be done for a better future. The defence ministers of Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina, Dragan Sutanovac and Selmo Cikotic, announced on Wednesday in Sarajevo the possibility of strengthening the cooperation of the two …

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• 27 March

  BiH House of Representatives approves constitutional amendments

  SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) – The House of Representatives adopted the proposed constitutional amendments on Wednesday (March 25th) regarding the Brcko District’s status.

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• 27 March

  SDP files no-confidence motion against FBiH cabinet

  SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) – The Social Democratic Party (SDP) filed a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of the Federation of BiH (FBiH) on Wednesday (March 25th), citing the aggravated economic situation as a cause for the motion. Several smaller parties are expected to support the proposal. The Dnevni …

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• 27 March

  Two Romanian interior ministry officials arrested for corruption

  BUCHAREST, Romania – Police arrested four people on Wednesday (March 25th), including two Interior Ministry officials and a wealthy businessman, for alleged participation in shadowy real estate deals in 2000, anti-corruption prosecutors announced.

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• 27 March

  UN Security Council approves Inzko’s appointment as high representative in BiH

  NEW YORK, United States – The UN Security Council on Wednesday (March 25th) unanimously approved the appointment of Austrian diplomat Valentin Inzko as the new high representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

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• 27 March

  Albanian opposition party accuses government of ignoring EU advice

  TIRANA, Albania – The opposition Socialist Party (SP) accused the government on Wednesday (March 25th) of failing to respect the EU’s advice about applying for candidate status.

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• 27 March

  Lithuania to withdraw troops from KFOR

  PRISTINA, Kosovo – Lithuania wants to withdraw its small military component from Kosovo, local media reported on Wednesday (March 25th). Vilnius cites the stable security situation in the country and the strain of the global economic crisis.

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• 27 March

  Russia’s Gazprom warns Ukraine over pipeline plan

  Russia’s Gazprom warned Ukraine against implementing plans to modernize its pipelines without consulting Moscow, saying any such action would immediately affect gas supplies to Europe. Ukraine has called on the European Union, which gets most of its imported Russian gas via Ukraine, to help fund modernization of its pipeline system. …

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• 27 March

  Russia prepares request for Georgia to extradite army deserter

  MOSCOW – Russia is preparing a request for Georgia to extradite a Russian soldier who fled his military unit in South Ossetia in January, but has not yet filed the order, a military investigator said on Thursday. Lt. Gen. Alexander Sorochkin, head of the Military Investigation Department at Russia’s Investigation …

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