March 25, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Tuesday (March 23rd) told Bosnian leaders that while doors of the Alliance remain open to BiH, the country must implement all necessary reforms. Among those cited were changes to the constitution
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March 25, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith says any potential changes in the cabinet are the sole responsibility of one man. “This is very much the Prime Minister’s [Hashim Thaci] responsibility and I am fully
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March 24, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Chairman of Bosnia’s Presidency Haris Silajdžić said that he had received a promise from NATO that Bosnia would join the alliance. This would happen once it had fulfilled the necessary requests, he explained. Silajdžić pointed out that the Bosnian Presidency would at the next session discuss surplus armaments, but also …
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March 24, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will pay a formal visit to Macedonia on Wednesday upon an invitation of his Macedonian counterpart Antonio Milososki.
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March 24, 2010 Eurasia News
This week, Moldova’s interim president Mihai Ghimpu was planning to make a work visit to Brussels, but his plans have changed. When asked about the reasons for cancelling his visit, Mihai Ghimpu
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March 24, 2010 Eurasia News
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will hold talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Mykola Azarov in Moscow on March 25, Putin’s press secretary said on Tuesday. The decision was made during a telephone conversation between Putin and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
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March 24, 2010 Eurasia News
Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat left for Brussels on Tuesday at the head of a high-level governmental delegation. Today, he will meet with European Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Durao Barroso and European Parliament Chairman Jerzy Buzek.
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March 24, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said that he hopes that Serbia’s EU integration process will be sped up once the ICJ gives its opinion on Kosovo. The court is currently deliberating the legality under international law of the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration.
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March 24, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The European Union must decide on a modality to help debt-laden Greece this week, or run the risk of causing a serious disruption for the euro currency, EU monetary affairs chief said. “There is already the technical preparedness. Now we need a political decision. This is also important to Greece …
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March 24, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is slated to meet senior EU officials as well as Greek PM George Papandreou during his 2-day visit to Brussels. PM Gruevski is scheduled to meet President of EU Council Herman Van Rompuy, President of European Parliament
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