August 18, 2009 Eurasia News
MOSCOW Russia has ordered two Czech diplomats out of Russia, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, in a spying row between two countries at odds over U.S. plans to install an anti-missile system in Europe. The expulsion follows Czech media reports on Monday that two Russians have been ordered out …
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August 18, 2009 Eurasia News
MOSCOW Sixty-four people missing after a massive pressure surge flooded part of a Russian dam are most likely dead, its owner said on Tuesday, indicating a likely death toll far higher than the 12 confirmed so far. “Finding anyone alive in the flood zone is unlikely, but the search continues,” …
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August 18, 2009 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
TBILISI/MOSCOW Georgia on Tuesday became the first country to withdraw from the CIS grouping of former Soviet republics in the latest and most blatant sign of rebellion against Moscow in its own backyard. In the wake of its devastating five-day war with Russia last August, Georgia vowed to quit the …
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August 18, 2009 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
SKOPJE, Macedonia A racially motivated scuffle involving ethnic Macedonian football fans and Albanian residents of Skopje’s Nerezi district has drawn strong condemnation from all sides. Women and children were reportedly among the seven people injured in the incident, which took place late on Sunday. A standoff ensued between groups of …
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August 18, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
BiH Some Bosnian Serb officials and media organs have expressed concern that hidden intelligence and military motives lurk behind NATO’s decision to hold a major exercise in Bosnia this September. “There is no doubt that NATO is militarily and politically extremely powerful and that this Alliance carries out whatever it …
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August 18, 2009 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
MACEDONIA Macedonia’s parliament adopted a new Law on Parliament after heated debate on Monday night, in a session boycotted by an opposition ethnic Albanian party. The Democratic Party of Albanians, DPA , kept its pledge to boycott parliament from this week, in lieu of the collapse of the ruling coalition. …
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August 18, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia Police have found two pistols in the vehicle of the leader of the Islamic Community in Serbia, Adem Zilkic, the Serbian Interior Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. Belgrade police discovered the weapons during a routine search. The pistols were confiscated by the Prosecutor’s Office since Zilkic and his driver, …
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August 17, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
BiH Šefovi i uposlenici u organima lokalne samouprave u BiH jako dobro zarađuju, odgovornost je dosta mala, a imaju i razne beneficije. Nabrojano posao u općinskim i gradskim administracijama čini veoma atraktivnim i poželjnim. U vrijeme krize, kada svi nivoi vlasti štede, mnoge opštine u Federaciji BiH jednostavno ignoriraju obavezu …
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August 17, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
SARAJEVO, BiH Prijedlog za ukidanje paušala i naknada za rad u komisijama poslanicima i delegatima parlamenta BiH neće dobiti podršku članova SNSD-a u državnom parlamentu. “Ne možemo podržati ukidanje paušala jer je to naknada koju imaju poslanici u svim parlamentima svijeta. Ne želimo glasati ni za ukidanje naknada za rad …
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August 17, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
BiH Umjesto zatvorskim kaznama, sudovi nedozvoljeno nošenje oružja kažnjavaju uslovnim kaznama, kaže Željko Mijatović, ministar unutrašnjih poslova Kantona Sarajevo. “Zbog toga imamo situaciju da policija često iste osobe hapsi zbog posjedovanja nelegalnog oružja, a oni su stalno na slobodi”, ističe Mijatović. NN: Građani Sarajeva opet protestuju zbog brutalnih ubistava… MIJATOVIĆ: …
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