December 7, 2012 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Around two hundred Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, veterans protested in Pristina demanding the release of their ex commander, Fatmir Limaj and three other ex comrades, all defendants in the Klecka case.Shouting “KLA, KLA, KLA” and “Freedom for liberators”, the protesters held photos of Limaj and banners highlighting their request in …
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December 7, 2012 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Montenegro
The Montenegrin authorities have issued a warning because of the bad weather which is expected over the weekend.The forecast predicts that on Saturday the country will be hit by a strong cyclone, which might bring heavy rainfall in the central and souther regions and snowfall in the north of the …
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December 7, 2012 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
The Serbian Constitutional Court has received a letter with death threats addressed to the court’s judges and their families.An unknown group sent on Thursday a letter to the Serbian Constituational Court threatening to kill its 11 judges. “Based on the findings and declarations, the world’s pan-Serb alliance in defence of …
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December 7, 2012 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Romania
The print media in Romania are facing major drops in circulation as hard-pressed people cut out luxuries and news-hungry readers turn to the net.The circulation of most of Romania’s daily newspapers and weeklies has suffered dramatic falls in recent months, as the country struggles with an economic downturn, official data …
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December 7, 2012 Balkan News, Balkans, Croatia, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Croatian President Ivo Josipovic has said that a meeting with his Serbian counterpart, Tomislav Nikolic, “would still not serve a purpose.”The Croatian leader was talking to Serbian broadcaster B92 as part of an exclusive interview that will be televised on Friday. Responding to questions about a possible meeting, Josipovic said …
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December 6, 2012 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
At a meeting of the UN Security Council, Russia and Serbia slammed the recent Hague Tribunal acquittals while the ICTY Chief Prosecutor praised the cooperation with the countries in the region.Speaking on Wednesday at the bi annual meeting of the UN Security Council on work of the UN war crime …
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December 6, 2012 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Montenegro
The heads of states of Western Balkan countries have called for closer regional cooperation at their annual summit which was not attended by the Serbian president.This year’s regional summit on cooperation was held in Montenegro’s coastal town of Budva on Wednesday and was attended by the president of Montenegro, Filip …
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December 6, 2012 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Kosovo must address war time sexual violence in the law dealing with the rights of war victims, a round table organized by UN Women in Pristina concluded.Members of the round table, which discussed “The status and state of survivors of sexual violence during conflict,” called for the prosecution of all …
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December 6, 2012 Balkan News, Balkans, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia, Eurasia News
The opposition Nasa Stranka party has complained to the State Statistics Agency about the census questions concerning nationality or ethnicity, religion and mother tongue.Nasa Stranka [Our Party] a small left-wing party, has complained to Bosnia’s State Statistics Agency, urging it to change the question in the April 2013 headcount regarding …
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December 6, 2012 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbia’s President has rewarded sympathetic international public figures with special merits as part of celebrations ahead of Serbia’s Statehood Day on February 15.President Nikolic has bestowed the Sretenje medal, second class, on the US lawyer Ramsey Clark for his public and humanitarian work, according to the latest Official Gazette. Clark …
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