September 14, 2010 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The Vetevendosje (Self-determination) movement says it is opposed to any talks with Serbia and has called for the public to mobilise against them. Movement leader Albin Kurti said on Sunday (September 12th) that new
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September 10, 2010 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Deputy UN Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro on Wednesday (September 8th) praised Albania for its economic, social and political progress. Migiro was in Tirana, where she met with Albania’s President Bamir Topi and
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September 10, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Slovakia became the fifth EU member state to ratify the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia, after parliament adopted it by a wide margin Wednesday (September 8th). The bill moves next to the
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September 10, 2010 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Outgoing OSCE Ambassador to Albania Robert Bosch will present the annual report on Albania’s progress to the permanent council in Vienna on Thursday (September 9th). Bosch stresses in the document that judicial independence remains a challenge. Combating corruption is an area where the
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September 9, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The Kosovo government welcomed the revised draft resolution by Serbia and the EU, which was submitted to the UN General Assembly. According to the government in Pristina, the new
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September 9, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
A five-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL), will carry out a pre-electoral mission to Sarajevo and Banja Luka from 12 to 15 September
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September 9, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The UN General Assembly is to discuss the resolution on Kosovo filed by Serbia. The text of the document has been agreed between Belgrade and the EU. The resolution is a result of the ruling of the agreement reached between
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September 9, 2010 Balkan Press, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
The United Nations International Narcotics Control Board released its annual report 2010 detailing the global trends In respect to the main heroin problem in Europe, it was depicted that, almost all European heroin originates in Afghanistan, mostly smuggled in through Turkey and the Balkans or via Central Asia and Russia. …
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September 9, 2010 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
As far as the international community is concerned, the outcome of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s 3 October general elections will determine whether the country moves forward along its EU path or remains stuck in political deadlock and ethnic animosity, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch. Bosnia is, in all aspects, lagging behind …
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September 9, 2010 Eurasia News
Moldova’s ruling four-party Alliance or European Integration (AIE) coalition decided at an enlarged meeting Wednesday to hold snap parliamentary elections on Nov. 21, according to news report reaching here from Moldova.
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