November, 2008

• 6 November

  Montenegro Warns of Rising Balkan Tensions

  06 November 2008 Podgorica – Montenegro is urging NATO members to speed up membership for its neighbours, where rising tensions are threatening stability since the wars of the 1990s.

  Read More »
• 6 November

  Bulgarian Turk Party Launches Complaint

  06 November 2008 Sofia – Bulgaria’s ethnic Turk Movement for Rights and Freedom party has complained to the European People’s Party in Brussels about recent comments made by the Mayor of Sofia.

  Read More »
• 6 November

  Serbian Town Geared for Election Re-Run

  06 November 2008 Novi Pazar – The head of the OSCE mission in Belgrade has called on political parties, municipal bodies and the people of Prijepolje to ensure free and fair local elections there on Sunday.

  Read More »
• 6 November

  Bosnia’s Federation Govt Crisis Deepens

  06 November 2008 Sarajevo – Top Bosnian Croat and Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) leaders have failed to agree on the restructuring of the government in the Croat-Bosniak-dominated Federation entity.

  Read More »
• 6 November

  Serbia’s Democrats Leads in Opinion Polls

  06 November 2008 Belgrade – Serbia’s pro-European Democrats enjoy the strongest support among the country’s electorate suggests the latest opinion poll by the Belgrade-based Strategic marketing agency.

  Read More »
• 6 November

  Serbia Seeks Deal, Not Loan from IMF

  06 November 2008 Belgrade – Serbia’s government wants to make a key cooperation deal with the International Monetary Fund, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said.

  Read More »
• 6 November

  Key Bulgaria Agriculture Chief Fired

  06 November 2008 Sofia – A week after milk producers protested in Sofia over unsolved issues in their sector, Bulgaria’s Agriculture Minister has dismissed Zheko Baichev, the general director of the National Veterinary Service.

  Read More »
• 6 November

  Croatia Hails ‘Positive’ EU Report

  06 November 2008 Zagreb – Croatia’s Prime Minister Ivo Sanader welcomed the EU’s decision to name the target date for Croatia’s completion of accession talks as its “international affirmation.”

  Read More »
• 6 November

  Queen to Welcome Kosovo’s London Envoy

  06 November 2008 Pristina – Muhamet Hamiti, Kosovo’s first ambassador to Great Britain has been invited to Buckingham Palace in London for a formal welcoming by Queen Elizabeth II.

  Read More »
• 6 November

  Bulgarian troops to leave Iraq at year’s end

  SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria will withdraw its 155 troops from Iraq at the end of the year, the defense ministry said Thursday.

  Read More »