July 7, 2009 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Albania’s Supreme Court on Monday again delayed the case against former defence minister Fatmir Mediu – indicted over a deadly blast at a munitions depot in March 2008 – after his lawyers failed to show up in court. The lawyers notified the court that they were stranded in Kukes, in …
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July 7, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is due to arrive in Belgrade on Tuesday for talks with the President of Serbia, Boris Tadic, and other officials on bilateral issues, the situation in the Balkans and the Middle East crisis.
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July 7, 2009 Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkey will continue to support Kosovo’s independence, its speaker of parliament, Koksal Toptan, said in Pristina on Monday. Toptan arrived in the city on Sunday on his first visit to Kosovo. During a meeting with his counterpart, Jakup Krasniqi, the Turkish speaker said Ankara was undertaking various initiatives to lobby …
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July 7, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Macedonia’s State Secretary for European Integration, Pero Dimsovski, has appeared to criticise his own government for its alleged lack of commitment to bringing the country closer to the European Union. In an interview on Monday for Radio Free Europe, commenting on last week’s unexpected resignation of Deputy Prime Minister in …
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July 7, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Kosovo’s capital Pristina has made an associate member of the EUROCITIES network, authorities announced on Monday. Pristina Mayor Isa Mustafa accepted the invitation from Brussels to join, as an associate member, the EUROCITIES grouping, according to a local government press release.
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July 6, 2009 Balkan Press, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
The official opening of the department of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture (E.I.P.) will be held in Belgrade on Friday the 3rd of July, the President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias and the President of Serbia, Boris Tadic. The President of E.I.P, Professor George Babiniotis, gave a press conference …
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July 6, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
Predsjednik SDA Sulejman Tihić nakon pobjede na posljednjem stranačkom kongresu pokazuje svoje pravo lice. Tačnije, dvoličnost. Prije kongresa je igrao na kartu kompromisa, dogovora i dijaloga. Radio je to kako bi priskrbio podršku međunarodne zajednice u nastojanju da ostane na čelu najveće bošnjačke stranke. Uspio je u svojoj nakani. Danas …
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July 6, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
GORAŽDE – Vlada Bosanskopodrinjskog kantona Goražde u mandatu premijera Salka Obhođaša, aktuelnog ministra prostornog uređenja i okoliša Federacije BiH, dala je 2003. godine lovište “Vražalice” na koncesiju od 30 godina. Emir Frašto, poslanik u Skupštini ovog kantona, tvrdi da to nije moglo biti urađeno jer je Zakon o lovstvu donosen …
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July 6, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
SARAJEVO, MOSTAR – Ministarstvo zdravstva FBiH potvrdilo je jučer da je 13-godišnja djevojčica koja je primljena u Sveučilišnu kliničku bolnicu Mostar oboljela od nove gripe tipa A (H1N1), što je drugi slučaj pojave ove gripe u BiH. “Laboratorijski nalazi pokazali su da je djevojčica koja je primljena u mostarski Klinički …
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July 6, 2009 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
TIRANA, Albania Albania’s opposition Socialists accused the governing party on Monday of interfering with a recount of some ballots from last month’s general election in an effort to win more seats in parliament.
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