September 6, 2010 Eurasia News, Romania News
Romanian president Traian Basescu said today the country should reconsider its loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund in October. During a meeting with IMF mission
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September 6, 2010 Eurasia News
The constitutional referendum held Sunday on directly electing the Moldovan president was declared invalid after turnout fell short of the 33 percent minimum required, official results showed. “The provisional turnout figure of 29.67 percent is representative of the results and is considered quasi-final,” the head of the Central Election Commission …
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September 6, 2010 Eurasia News
Moldova’s Acting President Mihai Ghimpu said on Sunday he was convinced Moldovans would go to the polls and end the country’s political deadlock. Moldova held the first-ever referendum Sunday to decide whether the country would transfer the power of electing a president from parliament consent to popular votes.
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September 6, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
The trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic could take more than four years, judges at the UN war crimes tribunal warned on Friday (September 3rd). The trial opened in October 2009 and was
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September 6, 2010 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Albanian President Bamir Topi urged the UN General Assembly on Friday (September 3rd) not to back Serbia’s draft resolution on Kosovo at the upcoming session in New York and to instead recognise Pristina’s
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September 3, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian President Boris Tadić will visit Slovenia today, where he will meet with Slovenian PM Borut Pahor. Serbia’s draft Kosovo resolution, submitted to the UN General Assembly, is expected to be discussed. Tadić will attend a private dinner with Pahor, it has been announced.
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September 3, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
British diplomat Andy Sparkes has been appointed new deputy head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) in Kosovo. Sarkes currently serves as
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September 3, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said in Sarajevo on Thursday his country was “ready to increase current political and economic cooperation” with Bosnia. He underlined
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September 3, 2010 Eurasia News
Moldovan voters will head to polling stations on September 5 in a referendum to change the country’s constitution to end the year-long political logjam, caused by parliament’s inability to elect a president.
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September 3, 2010 Eurasia News, Romania News
Six new Romanian ministers have been sworn-in in front of Romanian President Traian Basescu. The move on Friday came a day after Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc announced
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