March 24, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Thousands of protesters across Kosovo joined rallies on Wednesday against the recent arrests of veterans of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, suspected of war crimes. The protesters, who rallied in 26 towns in Kosovo, were led by the KLA war veterans association, and asked for the release of all KLA …
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March 24, 2011 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News
Relations between Slovenia and Croatia are constantly improving, the two countries’ presidents said on Wednesday, while expressing support for Croatia’s EU accession negotiations. Slovenian President Danilo Tuerk and Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said that Croatia’s completion of EU membership talks is in the interest of both countries as well as …
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March 24, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Blockade of Kosovo products by Serbia and Bosnia will be raised at the next Central European Free Trade Agreement meeting. Kosovo officials have rejected a proposal of an influential think-tank, the Gap Institute, to pull out of the Central European Free Trade Agreement if Serbia and Bosnia continue to block …
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March 24, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Former Bosnian Serb General Dragomir Milosevic was transferred on Tuesday (March 22nd) to Estonia to serve his 29-year sentence for crimes against civilians during the 44-month siege of Sarajevo in 1994-1995. The
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March 24, 2011 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Miroslav Lajcak, the EU mediator in efforts to resolve Albania’s political stalemate, reiterated on Tuesday (March 22nd) Brussels’ expectations for the country to move forward. The upcoming May 8th local elections are
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March 24, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) will be in charge of running a population and buildings census in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo. Public Administration Ministry spokesperson Majlinde Sinani-Lulaj said on
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March 23, 2011 Eurasia News, Romania News
The sides discussed the activity of the governmental institutions and the implementation of reforms in line Moldova’s commitments taken towards the Council of Europe (CoE), in the context of the specific political situation emerged in Moldova as a result of the impossibility to elect the president.
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March 23, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The second meeting in scope of the Belgrade-Priština dialogue will be held in Brussels on March 28, the European Commission confirmed on Wednesday. The topics of the talks, according to the announcement, are yet to be defined with Belgrade and Priština.
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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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