Eurasia Press & News

The prosecution in the Hague has called a new witness, a former UN general in Bosnia, to the stand at the trial of Radovan Karadzic at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY. Hussein Ali Abdel-Razek, a former general in Egyptian army, was head of the Sarajevo sector …

Marko Boskic, a former member of the 10th Reconnaissance Squad of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, was sentenced to ten years in prison by a first instance verdict for participating in the murder of several hundred men from Srebrenica in July 1995.

The European Commission has criticised the government’s new strategy to fight corruption and organised crime, the Podgorica-based daily Vijesti reported on Saturday. The EC reportedly concludes the document lacks

Despite rising political tensions due to terror attacks, Turkey’s government seems to be standing firm on its democratic initiative aimed at boosting the rights of the Kurdish minority. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip

The recently created municipality of Partesh/Partes chose its first mayor Sunday. Nenad Cvetkovic, of the Zavicaj association, grabbed 58% of the votes, beating Todor Mirkovic of the United Serbian List. Turnout was 55%. International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith

Slovenian MEP Yelko Kacin reckons that Montenegro will be the next country to start the EU accession talks unless Macedonian-Greek dispute is resolved in due time. In an interview with Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti, Kacin said it’s important that the European Union maintains its focus on the Western Balkans once Croatia …

The European Union offers Serbia to draw up together a resolution to be submitted to the UN General Assembly shortly after the International Court of Justice renders its opinion on Kosovo.

SARAJEVO Kristijan Švarc-Šiling jedini je bivši visoki predstavnik međunarodne zajednice u BiH koji u našoj zemlji još ima svoju nepokretnu imovinu. Šiling je po okončanju mandata u BiH kupio stan koji mu je služio kao rezidencija. Njegov prethodnik Pedi Ešdaun tokom mandata u našoj zemlji bio je kupio vikendicu, koju …

Romania sprijina organizarea de catre Kazahstan, la Astana, a unui Summit al sefilor de state sau de guverne OSCE in cursul acestui an, a declarat secretarul de stat pentru afaceri strategice Bogdan Aurescu. Bogdan Aurescu a condus delegatia Romaniei care a participat, in perioada 16–17 iulie 2010, la Alma Ata, …

Serbian and Croatian Presidents Boris Tadić and Ivo Josipović said that they are ready to work on solving all open questions between the two countries. Tadić said that Josipović’s first visit to Belgrade on Sunday is a historical one. Josipović said that he supports the path of all of Croatia’s …