April 19, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Romania News
Romanian Foreign Minister Christian Diaconescu said in Brussels on Thursday that Romania has the same position on Kosovo and will not recognize it’s independence. He further noted that Kosovo did not meet the requirements of the international law to be a state. “For our part, we clearly expressed our position, …
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April 19, 2012 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Bosnia’s central government approved the budget for 2012 on Wednesday as the country seeks talks next month with IMF on a new loan deal. The adoption of the budget was delayed so far because misunderstandings of Serb, Croat and Muslim leaders.
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April 19, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Romania News
Moldova’s Prime Minister Vlad Filat will pay an official visit to Sofia on Thursday. He is set to meet with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and President Rosen Plevneliev. The visit is just a week after Moldova restored centralized funding for the Bulgarian community in Taraclia, a move that was praised …
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April 19, 2012 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
NATO should send a message to Western Balkans that the door is still open. This would be a strong motivation for countries to reform, said Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov in Brussels, where he met alliance’s foreign and defence ministers. Mladenov gave Bosnia as an example, saying that it achieved …
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April 18, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac visited Serbian Army (VS) troops serving as peacekeepers in Cyprus. He said on Wednesday in Cyprus that members of the Serbian Army and the state are considering peacekeeping missions a highly honorable job. Sutanovac said that only 46 from 900 members of the Serbian military …
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April 18, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News
EC President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday that the total aid to Greece will be 380 billion euros. “We have put together a very ambitious programme of
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April 18, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic says there are more than 100 outstanding arrest warrants for members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). “Once they are within reach of the Serbian authorities, they
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April 18, 2012 Eurasia News
Dmitry Rogozin said on Tuesday that Moscow will not bow to Western pressure and abandon its peacekeeping mission in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transdnestr. “We see no grounds for reviewing our peacekeeping mission,” Rogozin said, adding that the Russian military presence is a condition for regional security. “The mission will …
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April 18, 2012 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Azerbaijani Agriculture minister Ismet Abasov met on Tuesday with a Bosnian delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture Jerko Ivankovic-Lijanovic. The two sides discussed about bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture. Abbasov said there are favorable soil and climatic conditions Azerbaijan, high export potential and favorable …
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April 18, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
The Bulgarian Government has canceled the idea to construct a border fence with Turkey, a border aimed to stop infiltration of animals infected with foot-and-mouth disease. The government said it cannot afford the construction of the 181-km border fence. The project would cost almost 14 million euro, and the Bulgarian …
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