July 27, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
The citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will be granted visa-free access to the European Union’s member countries later this year, Mondo news agency said on Tuesday. EU members have reached an agreement to scrap visa obligations for the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bloc is expected to boost …
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July 27, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The Serbian Parliament adopted a resolution on calling on the government to continue its activities defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. After a 12-hour debate, 26 members of parliament present voted against the decision, while two members abstained. 192 voted in favor. “The National Assembly finds it necessary …
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July 27, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
The Stabilization and Association Council Macedonia-EU is set to hold a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, Macedonian Ministry of Foreign affairs said. The meeting will focus on Macedonia’s accomplishments regarding its road towards EU, meeting political and economic criteria, implementation of the Stabilization and Association Agreement, financial cooperation and its …
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July 27, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
A team of experts from the European Commission (EC), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the IMF arrives in Athens on Monday (July 26th) to evaluate implementation of the country’s anti-crisis measures. In May, Greece received the first 20 billion-euro tranche of a 110 billion-euro aid package from the eurozone …
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July 27, 2010 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News
Croatian local media suggest that Croatia is expected to provisionally close two more EU negotiation chapters at an intergovernmental conference Tuesday. One is on financial control, the other is food safety, veterinary and
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July 27, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said on Sunday that Kosovo’s supervised independence is coming to an end and urged the international presence to move to a supporting role. Returning from a visit to the United States, he added
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July 26, 2010 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
SARAJEVO Izmjene Krivičnog zakona BiH, kojim se zabranjuje vehabijski pokret, na predstojećoj sjednici Predstavničkog doma Parlamentarne skupštine BiH neće dobiti podršku SDA i Stranke za BiH, zbog čega je njihovo usvajanje neizvjesno. Poslanici SNSD-a predložili su da se hitno usvoje izmjene Krivičnog zakona kojim će se zabraniti vehabijski, odnosno selefijski …
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July 26, 2010 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
SARAJEVO Hrvatska, kao buduća članica Evropske unije, neće blokirati pristupne pregovore BiH zbog otvorenih pitanja između dvije zemlje. Neven Mimica, potpredsjednik Sabora Hrvatske i predsjednik saborskog odbora za evropske integracije, izjavio je u petak u Sarajevu da će njegova zemlja beneficije evropskih integracija u potpunosti osjetiti tek ulaskom svih zemalja …
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July 26, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
EU Foreign Ministers will meet on Monday to discuss the Kosovo situation in the wake of the ICJ Kosovo UDI advisory opinion. The meeting will be the first ministerial meeting since Belgium took over the six-month EU presidency earlier this month.
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July 26, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
MPs of the Serbian parliament would be discussing further actions of the state in the wake of the ICJ’s decision. The court last week said in its advisory opinion that the Kosovo Albanian unilateral independence declaration was not violating international law, since it had no provisions preventing such declarations; however, …
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