May 29, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Balkans News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Croatia, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Former Bosnian Croat president Jadranko Prlic and five co-defendants were jailed on Wednesday for between 10 and 25 years for murdering and deporting Muslims in Bosnia in the early 1990s to create a “greater Croatian state”. The six former top Bosnian Croat officials faced 26 counts
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May 29, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
EU Delegation head Vincent Degert says the South-East European Cooperation Process is not covered in the Brussels agreement between Belgrade and Pristina. However, the EU “would like to see Kosovo take part in the gathering.”
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May 28, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has criticized the EU for slow progress on Turkey’s accession talks with the 27-nation bloc, saying that the EU needs a fresh strategic perspective. “With one flower, spring does not come,” he said, referring to the expected opening
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May 28, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
President of Tunisia Moncef Marzouki said that they would support political solution in Syria. Marzouki appeared at a joint press conference with President Abdullah Gul and stressed, “We will
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May 28, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Russia said on Tuesday, May 28 the European Union’s failure to renew an arms embargo on Syria would undermine the chances for peace talks
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May 28, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Mali will hold a presidential election on July 28, according to a draft law adopted by the cabinet as the nation struggles to move on from war and an 18-month political crisis.
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May 28, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Ankara quickly rejects a tentative proposal from the European Union on accession negotiations, refusing to open its ports to Greek Cypriot shipping in return for speedier chapter negotiations.
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May 28, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News
The 42nd National Assembly is to vote on a government headed by Plamen Oresharski on Wednesday at its regular meeting. On Tuesday Oresharski, who is nominated for prime minister by the Coalition for Bulgaria, presented President Rosen Plevneliev with the fulfillment of the government formation mandate, which he received last …
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May 28, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
EU countries have reached an agreement on the extension of the financial and economic sanctions against Syria for another year. They also lifted the arms embargo when it comes to the Syrian rebels.
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May 28, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Political representatives of Serbs from Kosovo should hold a meeting with Prime Minister Ivica Dačić and his first deputy, Aleksandar Vučić. The meeting
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