February 14, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Incumbent Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, whose party won snap electons in December, said on Friday (February 11th) he has managed to secure support to form a coalition government. He said
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February 14, 2011 Eurasia News, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down Friday (February 11th) after weeks of mass protests. The Turkish leader expressed hope for a fast transition to a constitutional democracy through elections. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also welcomed the developments. …
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February 14, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom praised Bulgaria’s progress to fulfil criteria to join the Schengen zone, but said there is still work ahead. Malmstrom visited the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint with
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February 14, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Republika Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik said on Saturday (February 12th) that he feels Germany sincerely wants to help Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). He made this statement in Banja Luka upon returning from
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February 14, 2011 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International on Friday (February 11th) slammed the lack of political will in Croatia to prosecute war crimes committed during the 1991-1995 conflict. The organisation’s investigator for
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February 14, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Kosovo and Macedonia signed a customs agreement on Friday (February 11th) in an effort to facilitate trade between the two countries. The document was signed by Macedonian Customs Administration
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February 11, 2011 Eurasia News, Middle Orient News
Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak resigned as president and handed control to the military on Friday after 29 years in power, bowing to a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands. “The people ousted the president,” chanted a crowd of tens of thousands outside his presidential palace in Cairo. …
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February 10, 2011 Eurasia News, Romania News
Romania is ready to enter the Schengen Agreement, according to the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom. “As far as Schengen goes, the assessments show that Romania has covered all technical criteria for
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February 10, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Four EU Commissioners will arrive on an official visit to Bulgarian on Thursday and Friday to check the country’s readiness to join the Schengen Agreement. EU Commissioners on Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmstrom, on Health and Consumer Policy, John Dalli, and
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February 10, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian Army chief Miloje Miletić says that Serbia is not under pressure to join NATO, the western military alliance. According to him “great western powers accept Serbia’s position to be militarily neutral”. “Serbia can remain militarily neutral, but it cannot remain outside all security movements,” said Miletić, adding that “nobody …
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