February 13, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News
In Macedonia, there is a great difference between the declared zeal fro European integration and the real policy and the actions, which is fact lead the country into completely different direction, said Branko Crvenovski, leader of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM). According to Crvenovski, these anti-reformist policies, hidden …
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February 13, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
European leaders are to examine Serbia’s EU membership candidacy in two weeks but it is still unclear how much longer the negotiations between Belgrade and Kosovo will continue. To become a EU member state Serbia should reach an agreement on the regional presentation of Kosovo. The government has said that …
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February 13, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Kavkaz News, Romania News, Serbia
Serbia at the highest level expressed a desire to participate in the project AGRI (Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romanian Interconnector), which envisages transportation of Azerbaijani liquefied gas to European countries, Serbian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Zoran Vayovich told journalists in Baku on Monday.
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February 13, 2012 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkey has welcomed the formation of a new government in Bosnia-Herzegovina after political leaders approved cabinet composition. “We welcome the approval of the composition of the Ministers and Deputy Ministers and the
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February 13, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The European Union is considering “re-formatting” of EULEX ahead of a decision on a new budget for the rule-of-lawmission. Cuts in staffing numbers and a hand-over
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February 13, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
For the first time in its history, Serbia will hold the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, it was decided at OSCE headquarters in Vienna on Friday.
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February 9, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Greece’s two major unions called on Thursday for a 48-hour walkout over a new package of austerity measures, agreed by Greek political leaders in exchange for a new European Union (EU)/International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout, a union official said. According to the program some 15,000 civil servants are to be …
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February 9, 2012 Eurasia News, Romania News
Romania’s new centre-right government on Thursday won a vote of confidence in parliament boycotted by the opposition, after pledging to push for eurozone entry in 2015 and fight corruption.
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February 9, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The United Nations mediator in the “name” dispute between Macedonia and Greece, Matthew Nimetz, is to visit both countries this month to examine their commitment to solving the long-standing issue. Nimetz will visit Skopje on February 20-21 to
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February 9, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serb leaders in northern Kosovo say their preparations for a referendum later this month on the territory’s Albanian-dominated institutions are advancing despite heavy snow and freezing temperatures. Residents of the Serb-dominated north oppose Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence
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