February 21, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will arrive in Belgrade on Monday on a regular visit. The main topic of Brammertz’s talks with the Belgrade authorities will be Serbia’s cooperation
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February 21, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has called on opposition leader Branko Crvenkovski to challenge the ruling party in early elections. He called on the opposition to immediately stop its parliament boycott in order to vote on the new election law so that snap polls can be called “as soon as …
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February 21, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic arrives on Monday on a two-day official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of his counterpart, Boyko Borisov. The two leaders will hold a private talk at the Council of Ministers building later on Monday, to be followed by a delegation-level meeting and a press …
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February 21, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Romania News
The European Commission (EC) published interim progress reports Friday (February 18th) on Bulgaria and Romania in the field of judiciary and interior affairs within the so-called Co-operation and Verification Mechanism. The reports conclude that the two countries have made progress in judicial reform and fighting corruption but must make more …
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February 21, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Acting President Jakup Krasniqi asked Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) leader Hashim Thaci to form the new government Friday (February 18th). The PDK finished first in the December 12th snap parliamentary
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February 21, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit Belgrade in March, local media reported on Saturday (February 19th), quoting unnamed sources close to the Serbian government. Putin’s last such visit was in 2001 when he was president. According to Blic daily, the visit will take place on March 23rd. Putin is …
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February 21, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The special prosecutor’s office has charged two former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) fighters with war crimes committed against civilians in a camp in Albania, local media reported on Saturday (February 19th). The two, Haki Hajdari and Sali Rexhepi, allegedly participated in the activity in 1999. Two former Kosovo Albanian commanders, …
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February 21, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Cypriot reunification was among the main topics discussed by Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas during his meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday (February 18th) in New York. “We want to
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February 21, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele says Serbia has the capacity to progress quickly in the EU integration process. In an interview with Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti on Saturday (February 19th), he
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February 16, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) Commander Erhard Buehler has said that KFOR will complete its restructuring in a few days. This will leave it with 5,000 troops on the field.
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