February 4, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The foreign affairs committee of the lower chamber of parliament says the allegations of human organ trafficking in Kosovo should be investigated by an international commission, media reported on Wednesday (February 2nd). The panel discussed the report by Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty — who is Swiss — on …
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February 3, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
Settlement of the Cyprus issue could be reached by the end of 2011, under the condition that leader of Turkish Cypriots Dervis Eroglu and Ankara accept a solution based on the formula of creating a federation of two communities in the island, President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris said.
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February 3, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Romania News
Finland’s minister of immigration and European affairs will pay a visit to the two countries next week. Astrid Thors will visit Bucharest on 6-7 February and Sofia on 7-8 February. In Bucharest, Thors will meet the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi, and Minister of Administration and Interior Traian …
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February 3, 2011 Eurasia News, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday (February 1st) called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to end his 30-year rule amid mass protests in Cairo. “Mr. Mubarak, all of us will die and will be questioned over what we left behind,” Erdogan
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February 3, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
Authorities announced on Tuesday (February 1st) that they have flown a pro-Kurdish politician wanted in Turkey to Cyprus, where his asylum request should be processed. Mustafa Sarikaya, former
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February 3, 2011 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Miroslav Lajcak, the EU’s special envoy mediating the political crisis in Albania, will lead another round of negotiations between the government and the opposition on Thursday (February 3rd). Lajcak will
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February 2, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
The European Union has approved 92 million euros for several projects of infrastructure development and fight against corruption in Bosnia. The aid was approved from the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) funds, aimed at providing financial assistance to states who aspire to join the European Union or are already candidates …
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February 2, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Bulgaria is not as ill prepared and corrupt as people in Western Europe would like to paint it, was Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s message to the Austrian people after a meeting chancellor Werner Faymann. Asked by journalists when he expected Bulgaria’s
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February 2, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Montenegro
Montenegro has opened public debate on the Action Plan for addressing EU recommendations with discussion on the reform of public administration and the fight against organised crime and corruption. “This debate is organised in order to create the best possible document. Our goal isn’t just to have that piece of …
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February 2, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
Bulgarian government passed a decision to close down its honorary consulate in the Turkish city of Bursa and to dismiss honorary consul Hayati Korkmaz. Korkmaz’s activity is terminated over the compromising of its position of an honorary consul of Bulgaria to Turkey.
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