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Albania High Court Judge Shot Outside Home

Albania Supreme Court Judge Ardian Nuni was shot on Sunday night outside his home, in what his colleagues said was an attack against the justice system as a whole. Nuni had been operated in Tirana’s Military Hospital, and was out of danger and in stable condition. According to police sources …

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Macedonia Introduces ‘E-Parliament’ Novelty

Macedonia’s parliament speaker Trajko Veljanovski on Monday presented the assembly’s new software system, simply called E-Parliament, aimed at speeding up legislative work and ensuring more transparency. The system enables legislators to stay in touch and participate in the work of the assembly by submitting amendments even when they are travelling, …

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Greece To Monitor Albania Lustration Law

Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said Monday in Tirana that her country, which hold the presidency of the OSCE, will monitor Albania’s newly enacted “clean hands” lustration law targeting former officials of the communist regime, which critics say could be used for political revenge attacks by the government. “We have …

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EU Starts Deliberations On New Bosnia Envoy

European Union officials on Monday started discussing the appointment of a new peace overseer for Bosnia in the dual post of the Office of the High Representative, OHR and Special EU Representative, to replace outgoing envoy Miroslav Lajcak. Lajcak, announced his departure two weeks ago to take up the post …

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Kosovo Expels Roma Child Beggars

Kosovo’s police detained some 40 Roma children for begging on the streets of Pristina at the weekend and sent them back to Albania, officials said. Thousands of Roma, including children and teenagers, have moved from Albania to Kosovo since the end of the 1998-99 war, many eking out a living …

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Serbia Divorces Up, Shotgun Weddings Doomed

One in five marries in Serbia end in divorce, the majority of them in the first three years, statisical data showed, with couples that married because of an unplanned pregnancy having the least chance of making their marriage work. In spite of traditional attitudes and family and social pressures not …

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Macedonia FinMin Faces No-Confidence Vote

Macedonia’s Finance Minister Trajko Slaveski faces a no-confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday after the opposition accused him of missteps that damaged the economy. Slaveski’s party, the ruling centre right VMRO DPMNE and their coalition partners have a majority in parliament so the no-confidence vote is seen as a statement, …

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Montenegro May Lend KAP Smelter 20 Mln Euro

Montenegro’s government has offered a 20 million euro loan to help the owner of the recently privatised aluminum smelter KAP to keep production during the global financial crisis. said Branko Vujovic, head of the Agency for Restructure of the Economy. Branko Vujovic, head of Montenegro’s Agency for Economic Restructuring and …

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