September 16, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
KOSOVO Canada will not be taking part in the oral debate on the legality of Kosovo’s unilaterally declared independence at the ICJ. Although, as a NATO member, Canada took part in the air strikes on the then Yugoslavia in 1999 and subsequently participated in peace building and civilian projects in …
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September 16, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
SERBIA Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) leader Vojislav Koštunica expects early elections, after which the current opposition would take power. “Great pressure from aggrieved, impoverished and disenchanted citizens will force the authorities to call early parliamentary elections, and the opposition to unite and create a new, nationally responsible government,” Koštunica …
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September 16, 2009 Eurasia News
RUSSIA NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was quoted on Wednesday as calling for an “open-minded and unprecedented dialogue” with Russia. The appeal comes in a bid to reduce security tensions in Europe and confront common threats.
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September 16, 2009 Eurasia News
MOLDOVA Though economic indicators fell in most spheres of activity, the aggregate payroll fund in January-July 2009 did not diminish. On the contrary, it grew up by 4.2% against the first 7 months of the previous year, Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade Sergiu Sainciuc stated during his meeting with …
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September 16, 2009 Eurasia News, Turkey
TURKEY Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu meets with three opposition parties to discuss the reconciliation process with Armenia and urge them to support the two proposed protocols in the upcoming parliamentary vote. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu consecutively visited three opposition parties Tuesday afternoon to urge them to back the two agreed-upon …
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September 16, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
BiH EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said that the institution Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina should be renamed into an Office of Representative of the European Union. Rehn stated that at the yesterday’s session, the EU foreign ministers discussed the developments in BiH. He pointed out …
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September 16, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
GREECE, MACEDONIA Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis is expected to meet UN mediator Matthew Nimetz later this month. The meeting with Nimitz has been scheduled for September 27 in New York. Bakoyannis and Nimitz will discuss the course of negotiations for resolution of the name row between Greece and Macedonia.
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September 16, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Croatia, Eurasia News
BiH Muslim and Croatian victims of Bosnia’s war voiced outrage on Tuesday at the UN war crimes court’s decision to grant early release to a Bosnian Serb ex-president Blijana Plavsic. “It might be in line with international law, but it has nothing to do with justice,” said Murat Tahirovic, head …
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September 16, 2009 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
GEORGIA The U.S. will continue supporting consistently the Georgia- the NATO rapprochement, Alexander Vershbow, U.S Deputy Minister of Defense for International Security said at the meeting with Georgian vice Prime Minister, Giorgi Baramidze. Vershbow said Georgia has its own way of membership at NATO and in this way Georgia should …
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September 16, 2009 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
GEROGIA This morning, the Georgian delegation has left for Switzerland, where it will participate in meetings to resolve conflicts in the Caucasus under the Geneva format. Representatives of Georgia, Russia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, as well as EU, UN and the U.S will attend the traditional meetings under the Geneva format.
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