March 24, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Greece is set to present Thursday its counter-arguments within the public hearing before the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Macedonia’s suit against Greece for violating the 1995 bilateral Interim Treaty by objecting to Macedonia’s application to join NATO. The Greek team is led by Maria Telalian, legal advisor …
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March 24, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski will meet with Greek counterpart Giorgeos Papandreou in Brussels on Monday. The Macedonian government announced that the two will discuss issues of mutual and regional interest. The meeting, which will be held in the frames of the European council, is part of the process aiming …
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March 24, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News, Serbia
RS President Milorad Dodik has stated that spoke with Russian PM Vladimir Putin about the political situation in the Serb entity and Bosnia-Herzegovina. They also discussed economic cooperation, according to Dodik. The two met in Belgrade on Wednesday.
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March 24, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Romania News
Bulgaria and Romania will be part of the Schengen area very soon, this is the general trend and it is quite clear, German foreign ministry state secretary Werner Hoyer said in Berlin on March 23 2011.
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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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