September 14, 2009 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
GEORGIA On Sept.14, Georgian Foreign Minister, Grigol Vashadze arrived in Azerbaijan, the AzerTag state new agency reported. During the two-day visit the minister will meet with the government and the state officials. The meetings will mull bilateral, international and regional issues. Vashadze will also visit the grave of Azerbaijani National …
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September 14, 2009 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
GEORGIA The level of pollution of the Azerbaijani Transboundary Rivers by Georgia and Armenia exceeds the norm. The Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry held a monitoring to study the level of pollution of transboundary over the first ten days of September. The ministry revealed out that the level of …
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September 14, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
BULGARIA An amendment in the regulations concerning the terms of issuing, denying, and annulling work permits for foreign workers in Bulgaria will restrict the possibilities for foreign workers to be employed in the cases when there are Bulgarian workers for the jobs, Minister of Labour and Social Policy Totio Mladenov …
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September 14, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
BULGARIA Congratulations on his decisiveness to deal with corruption, encouragement for the key reforms, and a credit of trust – this is what the European Commission’s Chairman Jose Barroso gave Prime Minister Boyko Borisov during his first visit to Brussels on September 10. Barroso promised to submit Bulgaria’s request for …
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September 14, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
BiH Underlining the severity of Bosnia’s political crisis, local leaders engaged in another virulent tit-for-tat over the weekend, accusing each other of working towards the country’s dissolution and of threatening a new war. The new low in relations between Bosnia’s political leaders was precipitated by an interview with the Bosnian …
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September 14, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
MACEDONIA Offering solutions to the country’s painful economic problems and promoting social justice and equality are the key foci of the new platform of Macedonia’s largest opposition party, the Social Democrats. The platform, dubbed “Solutions for Macedonia”, is aimed at providing a counter to the ruling VMRO-DPMNE party’s own “Revival …
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September 14, 2009 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
ALBANIA On Monday, Albania’s Supreme Court will reopen the case against environment minister designate Fatmir Mediu, indicted in connection with a deadly blast at a munitions depot in March 2008. The Supreme Court panel is reviewing charges against Mediu of abuse of power, relating to his tenure as defence minister …
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September 14, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
SERBIA The head of the Democratic Party, Serbian President Boris Tadic, announced at a party board meeting on Saturday that the country is facing a difficult economic recovery and will be implementing serious reforms, broadcaster Mondo reported. Announcing a decrease in public spending, Tadic underlined that public sector layoffs are …
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September 14, 2009 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
ALBANIA Over the weekend, ethnic Albanian political leaders from Presevo and Bujanovac spoke with Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu in Pristina about the problems they are facing in southern Serbia. They told Sejdiu that Serbia’s failure to recognise Kosovo university diplomas was one of the gravest challenges. The speaker of the …
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September 13, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
BiH Komisija za administrativne poslove parlamenta BiH ukinula je jučer poslaničke i delegatske naknade za rad u stalnim komisijama, dnevnice za dolazak na sjednice komisija te naknadu za učenje stranih jezika. Komisija nije podržala inicijative za ukidanje paušala, te naknada za rad u privremenim komisijama. “Jednoglasno smo podržali ukidanje naknada …
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