July 20, 2009 Eurasia News, Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey Turkish security forces have killed three members of the outlawed separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in clashes in the southern province of Hatay, the army said on Saturday (July 18th), in a statement posted on its web site. The fighting broke out Friday in a mountainous area near …
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July 20, 2009 Eurasia News, Romania News
BUCHAREST, Romania The Supreme Court decided on Friday (July 17th) to suspend the trial of former Transport Minister Miron Mitrea on corruption charges, local media reported. Mitrea is accused of having taken bribes when he was in the minister position worth almost 200,000 euros between 2000 and 2004, to appoint …
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July 20, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Prime Minister Nikola Spiric decided on Friday (July 17th) to dismiss Security Minister Tarik Sadovic, the government announced. Earlier this week, Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA) asked for Sadovic’s replacement after he refused to step down. The party sought the minister’s removal due to …
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July 20, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
ATHENS, Greece A small anarchist group, calling itself Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei, claimed responsibility on Friday (July 17th) for a bomb attack targeting former Deputy Interior Minister Panagiotis Hinofotis, media reported. A small homemade bomb exploded on July 11th outside Hinofotis’ home in the Athens district of Paleo Faliro. The …
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July 20, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
There is no need to make urgent and hasty decisions although Macedonia will probably have to make one more budget cut by year’s end, the new finance minister said Sunday. “Our preliminary analyses indicate that there will be a need for a re-balance in the third quarter of 2009. However, …
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July 18, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
As the European Commission moves to adopt visa liberalization for the Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, leaving out Albania and Bosnia, it is fair enough to criticize the EU for major political blunders and possibly Muslim ghettoization, but in the end, the Bosnian government should be severely taken to task for …
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July 18, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
SARAJEVO Predsjedavajući disciplinskih komisija Agencije za državnu službu BiH po jednom riješenom predmetu dobijat će 300 KM, dok članovi imaju pravo na naknadu od po 200 KM. Regulisano je ovo odlukom Vijeća ministara BiH, koje je u četvrtak usvojilo set odluka o visini naknada za članstvo u komisijama i upravnim …
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July 18, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
SARAJEVO Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara BiH smijenio je jučer ministra sigurnosti BiH Tarika Sadovića na zahtjev rukovodstva SDA, koja je odlazećeg ministra i nominirala na ovu funkciju, potvrdili su u Špirićevom kabinetu. Sulejman Tihić, predsjednik SDA, potvrdio je da je obaviješten o Sadovićevoj smjeni.
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July 18, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
SARAJEVO Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara BiH smijenio je jučer ministra sigurnosti BiH Tarika Sadovića na zahtjev rukovodstva SDA, koja je odlazećeg ministra i nominirala na ovu funkciju, potvrdili su u Špirićevom kabinetu.
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July 18, 2009 Eurasia News
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov will sue for libel a Russian rights group which has blamed him for the kidnap and murder of a prominent activist, Interfax news agency quoted Kadyrov’s lawyer as saying on Friday. Natalia Estemirova, who worked for the human rights group Memorial, was abducted in the Chechen …
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