March 23, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says that Belgrade’s stance is that Kosovo institutions cannot conduct a population and property census in Serb enclaves. Priština authorities did not agree to an UN-monitored census south of the Ibar River and the UN only agreed to take census in the northern part …
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March 23, 2011 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
The President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) Karl Lamers said he is ready to assist Georgia in its dialogue with Russia. Conflicts should be resolved peacefully, Lamers said on 76th Rose-Roth seminar of the NATO PA held in Tbilisi. Lamers said the conflict resolution has never been an easy …
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March 23, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Foreign Ministry of Bosnia-Herzegovina submitted a request on Tuesday for extradition of former Bosnian army General Jovan Divjak. Divjak is currently in Austria awaiting a court’s decision on his extradition to Serbia. He
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March 23, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Russian PM Vladimir Putin has arrived in Serbia, and is set to hold meetings with the country’s top officials, focusing on economic cooperation. Vladimir Putin is meeting with Serbia’s President Boris Tadić, PM Mirko Cvetković, and Parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović.
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March 23, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Thursday’s meeting of Macedonian political leaders ended without agreement. After starting late and convening for less than an hour, the leaders came out with no agreement whatsoever on how to end the political gridlock caused by the opposition parliament boycott and a dispute over the date for the forthcoming election.
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March 23, 2011 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News
Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Monday (March 21st) that the date of this year’s parliamentary elections will be announced by the end of June, when the country is expected to wrap up its EU accession talks.
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March 23, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The Serbian government will implement all reforms spelled out in its action plan for EU membership by the end of June, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said on Monday (March 21st). He confirmed that roughly
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March 23, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Kosovo Parliament Speaker Jakup Krasniqi asked EULEX prosecutors on Monday (March 21st) to withdraw an arrest warrant against lawmaker Fatmir Limaj, arguing it violates the constitution and immunity laws that protect
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March 22, 2011 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Upon completion of a meeting with Georgia’s parliamentary speaker David Bakradze, NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Karl Lamers expressed his support for democratic processes in Georgia and the country’s integration into the Alliance.
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March 22, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Belgrade Kosovo talks team head Borko Stefanović says the issue of north Kosovo has to be resolved in a manner which would preserve peace and stability. The north of the province is inhabited predominantly by Serbs who refuse the authority of the Kosovo Albanian government in Priština.
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