May 30, 2012 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Albanian political parties failed Wednesday to propose any candidates for the country’s new president, forcing parliament to put off his or her election for a week. The Socialists and the governing
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May 30, 2012 Albania, Balkans, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia, Macedonia, Special Analysis, Turkey
Context Following the collapse of communism throughout Eastern Europe and the subsequent breakup of Yugoslavia, the countries in the Balkan area have experienced changes in their demographics, usually in the form of an abrupt decrease in birth rates and population.
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May 30, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
During the visit to Moscow newly elected Serbia President Tomislav Nikolic commented that the Serbian parliament might examine the option for possible recognition of the independence of the separated Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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May 30, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Montenegro, Serbia
Serbian President-elect Tomislav Nikolic said that he wanted Serbia and Montenegro to have a much better relationship in the future. He underlined that Serbs and Montenegrins have a lot in common. “I recognize Montenegro as a state, but I do not recognize the difference between the Serbs and Montenegrins, because …
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May 30, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The European Commission will likely press Greece on Wednesday fully implement the debt deal with foreign creditors during a meeting where individual member states of the EU will present proposals. EC spokesman Amadeu Altafaj stressed on Tuesday that the EC, European
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May 30, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Bulgaria decided on Tuesday to expel Syria’s envoy to be in line with an international response to the recent killings in the Syrian village of Houla. “Salah Soukkar will be informed today that he has to leave Bulgaria in the next 72 hours,” the ministry announced. Bulgaria also decided to …
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May 30, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Tomislav Nikolic, will be sworn in as Serbian President on Thursday and his inauguration ceremony will take place on June 11. Nikolic said that he will be open for cooperation with all elements of the media.
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May 29, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Bulgaria’s ambassador extraordinary and envoy plenipotentiary to Greece Emilia Kraleva has presented her letters of credence to Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Tuesday. After the official ceremony ambassador Kraleva said the successful overcoming of the crisis in Greece and economic recovery is of high importance not only to the Greek …
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May 29, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Romania News
An international conference “Challenges and Opportunities for EU’s Future Budget – Friends of Cohesion Policy” will be held on June 1, in Bucharest, Romania. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his delegation comprised of Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova and Minister of European Funds Management Tomislav …
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May 29, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The new elected Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic announced recently that he is a nationalist, but also a democrat and will respect European values. “Probably a lot of time will pass till the western press accepts me and treats me fairly, as during many years they wrote negatively about me,” he …
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