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Hague allows Karadzic contact with media

HE HAGUE, Netherlands The UN war crimes tribunal is allowing former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to have limited contacts with the media, Karadzic’s legal adviser, Peter Robinson, announced on Tuesday (August 4th). He added that after a “severe battle”, Karadzic’s team has managed to secure a document spelling out …

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Kosovo Not Worried About NATO Drawdown

Kosovo officials say that they are not worried about the planned reduction of NATO forces in the country. Anders Rasmussen, NATO’s new secretary general, said on Tuesday that he wanted to see Kosovo Force, KFOR, “reduced to just a small reaction force, or out altogether” within his four-year term. 

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Solution Proposed to Croatian-Slovene Dispute

The former head of the Croatian-Slovene commission for borders, Peter Tos, believes joint governance is the key to solving the countries’ grinding border dispute, Javno reports. Tos presented his vision for the resolution of the border issue in an interview with Slovenia’s Dnevnik daily, saying, “the optimal solution would be …

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Bulgarian Security HQ Evacuated After Bomb Threat

The headquarters of the Bulgarian State Agency for National Security (SANS) was evacuated on Tuesday following a bomb threat, The Sofia Echo reports. Most staff left the SANS headquarters, a perimeter was established around the building, and a bomb disposal team was dispatched to the scene. This, after the Interior …

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Biometric passports for Kosovo in 2010

Kosovo’s government is preparing to issue biometric passports in 2010. Kosovo has issued non-biometric passports since declaring independence in February 2008.The use of biometric passports is a key criterion for visa liberalisation, which would allow Kosovo citizens to travel freely in the EU Schengen zone. Kosovo’s government is working on …

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Romanian Minister’s Corruption Probe Starts

The parliamentary committee investigating Romanian Tourism Minister Elena Udrea decided in its first meeting on Tuesday to question journalists who wrote about her allegedly illegal use of public funds. Chair Ludovic Orban said the committee had yet to decide whether the minister would be invited to attend its next meeting, …

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