January 26, 2011 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Croatian Justice Minister Drazen Bosnjakovic confirmed on Monday (January 24th) that his ministry has received a list from Serbia containing the names of 33 veterans suspected of war crimes: Croatian citizens who were charged or were investigated by former Yugoslavia
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January 26, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Stefano Sannino, deputy director-general of the EU’s Directorate General for Enlargement, has called on BiH to implement necessary reforms stemming from the EU agenda and to prove it doesn’t need an international
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January 25, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou shown pessimism for solving the Macedonia’s name issue between Athens and Skopje. Papandreou said he expects Macedonia to be named after a geographic definition with wide-usage. In his words Greece supports efforts of UN mediator Matthew Nimitz but
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January 25, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Brussels on Monday that the number of KFOR soldiers troops in Kosovo would be reduced by 50% as of March 1. Reducing the number of soldiers from the current 10,000 to 5,000 will be completed by March 12, Rasmussen announced, stressing that …
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January 25, 2011 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will today in Strasbourg vote on a resolution based on the Marty report. CoE investigator Dick Marty published his report into allegations about disappearances
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January 25, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
The EU foreign ministers will likely discuss the next steps in BiH’s EU integration process in late February or March, Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, announced on last Saturday. The ministers were to debate BiH this month but decided to postpone it until the new …
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January 25, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
International Civilian Office (ICO) head Pieter Feith is urging that the newly forming government observe high ethical standards. Feith said last Sunday that the government should
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January 21, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced that the division of Kosovo was not a viable option and the Alliance’s mission KFOR would continue to
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January 21, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
Greece’s and Bulgaria’s plan to build a fence along the Turkish border is widely perceived as EU’s hidden intention to build a wall to mark its borders. Chairman of Turkish Center for International Relations and Strategic Analysis, Sinan Ogan, says Greece’s and Bulgaria’s intention to build a fence along the …
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January 21, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Poland accepted Macedonia’s bid to host the EU – Western Balkans interior ministers’ forum during the Polish presidency of the EU in the second half of 2011. This was the main topic at the meeting between interior ministers of Macedonia – Gordana Jankuloska and Poland – Jerzy Miller, part of …
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