Eurasia Press & News
Skopje – Macedonia police are probing claims by a witness who claims the secret police were behind an assassination attempt on ex-President Kiro Gligorov in 1995, reports say.
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28 October
Macedonia Police Probed for ‘Criminal Links’
Skopje – About 60 high- and low-ranking police officers from Macedonia’s northeast town of Kumanovo, have been relieved of their duties over suspected involvement in crime, reports say.
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28 October
Serbia ‘Arrests’ Fugitive Student
Belgrade -Â Miladin Kovacevic, sought by the US government for allegedly assaulting an American student and fleeing the country, has been taken in for questioning by Serbian Interior Ministry officials.
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28 October
Albania PM Under Fire over Business Ties
Tirana _ The Albanian opposition has restated its demands to hold a extraordinary parliamentary hearing to grill the Albanian Premier Sali Berisha over his ties to Bosnian businessman, Damir Fazlic.
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28 October
Macedonia to Convey ‘Name’ Plan Remarks
Skopje – Macedonia’s negotiators in the UN-sponsored talks over the “name row†with Greece, are leaving for New York to convey Skopje’s view on the latest settlement plan.
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28 October
Macedonia, Russia to Scrap Visas
Skopje – Macedonia and Russia on Tuesday in Moscow have signed a deal to scrap visas for visitors to each other’s countries, local media report.
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28 October
Albania Government Won’t Budge on Justice
Tirana – Albania’s Justice Minister, Enkelejd Alibeaj has rejected calls by interest groups, US diplomats and Albania’s President to review a series of bills that aim to reform the justice system.
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28 October
UN: No Administrative Partition of Kosovo
Pristina – The UN Mission in Kosovo has denied reports that the mission’s envoy for talks with Belgrade, Andrew Landley, proposed the administrative partition of Kosovo.
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28 October
Ammunition Found in Kosovo Officer’s Home
Pristina – Arms, ammunition and other military supplies from the old Yugoslav army were confiscated during a raid on a Kosovo police officer’s home.
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28 October
Germany Backs Kosovo’s Territorial Integrity
Pristina – Germany is against Kosovo’s partition and fully backs the blueprint for Kosovo’s independence devised by ex-UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari, says Germany’s Defence Minister.
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