December 5, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The United States will support Greece in these difficult times, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told reporters ahead of a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos today, without spelling out any concrete help.
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December 5, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Bosnia will seek EU candidacy status in December despite an ongoing stalemate in forming a central government, a top official said on Wednesday. “I think we will submit this year, namely in December, a candidacy to join the European Union,” Muslim member of Bosnia’s
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December 5, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The International Court of Justice, ICJ, in The Hague on Monday found Greece guilty of breaching the UN 1995 deal with Macedonia by blocking the country’s membership of NATO in 2008. The president of the court, Judge Hisashi Ovada, said the judges had ruled by 15
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December 5, 2011 Eurasia News, Romania News
Parliament in Chisinau has set December 16 as the date for new presidential elections. In its second attempt in less than a month to pick a president, Moldova’s parliament has scheduled presidential elections for December 16.
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December 2, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
A prosecution witness in the trial of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Thursday testified before the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on exhumation of 2,500 victims killed by Serb forces in eastern town of Srebrenica in July 1995.
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December 2, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Another round of talks between Belgrade and Priština was completed in Brussels late on Thursday without “final results”. An agreement on administrative crossings and Priština’s participation in regional forums was
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December 2, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated on Friday that Serbia did not meet the conditions for obtaining the EU candidate status at the moment. She called on the Serbian government to shift its orientation.
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December 2, 2011 Eurasia News, Romania News
Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat says he regrets Russia’s announcement that it will open voting booths in Moldova’s separatist Transdniester region for the upcoming Russian elections. Filat said in Prague on November 29 that his government had specifically asked Moscow not to organize polling areas in Transdniester. “This is a …
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December 2, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Austrian Major General Robert Brieger will take over command of the European Union’s military force in Bosnia on December 6, the defence ministry said Friday.
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December 2, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News, Serbia
Speaking in Bosnia, Serbian President says he supports right to protest, but only by peaceful methods. Serbs needed to take down their barricades in northern Kosovo, Serbia’s President, Boris Tadic, told
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