September 22, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has been received by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York City. The meeting took place after the opening of the UN General Assembly summit on the Millenium Development Goals.
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September 22, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
United Nations observers did not record any cases of Bosnian forces opening artillery fire in 1993 and 1994 during the conflict in Sarajevo, a prosecution witness has told the court trying Radovan Karadzic.
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September 22, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
US Vice President Joe Biden met late on Tuesday with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to discuss the situation in Kosovo and the Middle East. The White House said in a statement that this meeting was “part of the Administrations frequent consultations with our European allies on our shared agenda …
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September 22, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Bosnian Police arrested two people Monday (September 20th) suspected of committing war crimes against Serbian civilians and prisoners of war. Galib. H, 63, was detained in Brcko while Nijaz H, 50, was arrested in Sarajevo. The two were allegedly involved in crimes committed near Brcko, in September 1992.
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September 22, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The issue of northern Kosovo cannot be solved through violence, KFOR Commander Erhard Buhler said on Monday (September 20th). NATO peacekeepers want actions, not words, Buhler told a press conference in
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September 21, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has met Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to discuss future talks between Belgrade and Pristina. The two met at the United Nations headquarters in New York to explore ‘interstate cooperation between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of …
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September 21, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
After meeting Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas, UN mediator Matthew Nimetz said that the relations between the two countries have come at a different level than before, but now is not the time for a final proposal.
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September 21, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
The Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia, IVZ, is urging the government and international community to help it counter the growth of radical Islam in the country’s mosques.
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September 21, 2010 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Albania has fulfilled the technical requirements needed for visa liberalisation, the EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs has confirmed. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels on Monday Cecilia Malmstrom said: “The commission has finished the technical evaluation sent to
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September 21, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian President Boris Tadić will this Tuesday in New York meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. On Thursday, he is expected to meet with the EU foreign policy chief, Catherine
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