October 12, 2010 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Georgia will introduce a visa-free travel regime for Russians living in the North Caucasus, Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said on Monday, October 11. The new rules will
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October 12, 2010 Eurasia News
The United States is committed to a comprehensive settlement and believes “strongly” that the ongoing peace talks need to be a Cypriot-led process, a senior US official said yesterday. Tina Kaidanow, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, was speaking
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October 12, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
The protest in the central Macedonian town of Prilep gathered some 15,000 people. Several minor political parties joined the event under the so-called Front For European Macedonia. Speakers at the rally accused the conservative government led by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s VMRO DPMNE party
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October 12, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
UNMIK will chair the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) on behalf of Kosovo next year, taking over the presidency from Serbia. This was announced by the Serbian Ministry of Economy and Regional Development in a statement in Belgrade
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October 12, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Spanish Ambassador to Serbia Inigo de Palacio Espana stated on Monday that no topic should be avoided during the planned Belgrade-Priština dialogue. Speaking in Belgrade, the top Spanish diplomat in Serbia also stated that the talks should start soon and that they should
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October 12, 2010 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov during his visit to Georgia will meet with the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. Mammadyarov is also scheduled to meet with Georgia’s Prime
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October 12, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Germany would not support the idea of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn that Greece could get more time to repay a bailout from the European Union and IMF, German Finance Ministry said Monday.
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October 12, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
The US Secretary of State has begun a tour of the Balkans to press for political reforms, hoping that the changes will lead to the region’s full integration into the European Union and Nato. Hillary Clinton arrived in Bosnia on Monday night to urge the country’s new leadership to make …
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October 12, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News, Serbia
An appeals court in Belgrade on Monday (October 11th) overturned the 12-year sentence of Bosnian national Ilija Jurisic, convicted last year of war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. The court
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October 12, 2010 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
The EP rapporteur on visa liberalisation for the Western Balkans, Tanja Fajon, is urging authorities in Tirana to inform citizens about the rules of EU visa liberalisation in order to avoid possible abuse. Lifting the regime may be used in different ways and this may become a
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