Eurasia Press & News

The European Union set out 21 benchmarks that Croatia has to meet if it wants to conclude judiciary chapter by the end of the year and sign accession treaty next year. The documents says that more than 90 percent of the benchmarks refer to the government and government policy.

The appellate chamber at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has ordered a partial retrial of the case of Ramush Haradinaj and two other former commanders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and the immediate detention of the three men.

The European Commission published progress reports Tuesday on Bulgaria and Romania in the field of judiciary and interior affairs. The EC praised Bulgaria’s efforts to tackle organised crime and corruption and its

Representatives of the ruling party and the opposition agreed Monday (July 19th) to form an inquiry committee that will investigate an incident in parliament on July 1st. The committee will be chaired by Hajrula Misini of the Democratic Union for Integration and will be composed of two representatives of the …

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has sent a letter to the Croatian government seeking co-operation over documents related to arms smuggling during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict, the UN war crimes tribunal announced on Monday (July 19th). Karadzic wants to use the documents as part of his defence at The …

SARAJEVO Sud BiH osudio je u ponedjeljak Marka Boškića, pripadnika nekadašnjeg Desetog diverzantskog odreda Vojske RS, na deset godina zatvora zbog ratnih zločina počinjenih 1995. godine u Srebrenici. Boškić je sklopio sporazum s Tužilaštvom BiH o priznanju krivnje koji je Sud prihvatio te ga osudio na jedinstvenu zatvrsku kaznu od …

Obavještajna agencija BiH sebi ponovo pokušava priskrbiti policijske ovlasti. Uznemirenost javnosti nakon terorističkog napada u Bugojnu i glasne zahtjeve za oštar odgovor države na terorističke napade pokušali su iskoristiti da na mala vrata proguraju izmjene Zakona o OSA, kojim bi im se dale policijske ovlasti. Preko Kabineta ministra sigurnosti BiH …

Romania has always recognized and supported the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and will continue to maintain this position, Romanian FM Teodor Bakonski said at the meeting with Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov in Baku on July 19.

Georgian government delegation, headed by Prime Minister Nika Gilauri, will arrive in Azerbaijan on July 23. Baku will host a meeting of the Georgian-Azerbaijani Inter-governmental Commission, Nikoloz Mchedlishvili, spokesman of Georgia’s Prime Minister.

Greece’s prime minister is planning a diplomatic initiative in order to “revive” the stalled Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project in which his country is a partner together with Bulgaria and Russia, media reports say. George Papandreou, the Greek prime minister, is expected to pay a visit to the Bulgarian capital Sofia …