July 17, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
BRUSSELS, Belgium Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Serbia are the cheapest countries in Europe, according to statistics compiled by the EU’s Statistical Office Eurostat, published on Thursday (July 16th).
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July 17, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Representatives of Bosnia’s top five political parties have agreed to speed up reforms required to win a green light for EU visa liberalisation and close the doors of the international community’s Office of the High Representative, OHR. The atmosphere of the Thursday evening meeting was tense and characterized by back-and-forth …
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July 17, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Kosovo’s government has revealed details of a tender for a 3.5 billion euro energy deal, seen as crucial for the economic and ecological development of the country. A 2,000 megawatt, MW, plant is planned for the outskirts of Pristina in two 1000MW phases, which will allow Kosovo to provide enough …
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July 17, 2009 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Albanian police said on Thursday that a car bombing in front the national assembly building in Tirana was most like linked to a possible business dispute involving the owner of the vehicle. The car, a Mercedes Benz SUV owned by a local businessman, exploded on Wednesday evening, damaging shops and …
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July 17, 2009 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Italy’s air force squadrons will patrol Albanian airspace, following the country’s accession into the NATO alliance in April. According to the restructuring plans of the Albanian armed forces, Tirana has retired its ailing MIG fighter jet fleet, while in the framework of NATO, the integrity of the country’s airspace, has …
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July 17, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Boyko Borisov, deputy president of the Bulgarian Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, which won general elections last month, has been handed a mandate to form a new government within seven days, Bulgaria’s Focus news agency reported. Under Bulgarian law, Borisov, GERB’s informal leader and likely new prime minister, …
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July 17, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Regardless of its EU aspirations, Serbia will continue to support the Non-Aligned Movement’s main objectives, Serbian President Boris Tadic said Thursday at a closing session of the movement’s summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. “We encourage the movement’s commitment to promoting democratization and international relations, and respecting of universal human rights,” …
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July 17, 2009 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
The European Commission’s decision not to grant visa-free travel to Albanian citizens has been met with little surprise in Tirana, where the issue was the subject of heated debate during the recent election campaign. Opposition leader Edi Rama, who is the mayor of Tirana, told reporters that the EU rejection …
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July 17, 2009 Eurasia Press, Romania Press, Special Reporters
„O minciună repetată de o mie de ori rămâne o minciună, o minciună repetată de un milion de ori devine adevăr” (Paul Joseph Goebbels, Ministrul Propagandei Publice în timpul regimului nazist) Campania electorală din RM oferă, deocamdată, mai multe incertitudini decât certitudini. Certe sunt doar agenda electorală şi faptul că …
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July 17, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
Građani BiH još će najmanje godinu stajati u redovima pred stranim ambasadama kako bi dobili vize za putovanje u zemlje EU. Tako je u srijedu saopćila, a mnogo ranije odlučila EK. Šefovi vlada Evropske unije smatraju kako su Srbija, Crna Gora i Makedonija uradile više od BiH i Albanije, te …
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