June 25, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbia will host a meetings of ministers on the environment in Belgrade from June 27-28, the Serbian Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning announced. Having recently assumed the two-year presidency of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, Serbia has become a central point for discussing issues …
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June 25, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The EU has earmarked 9 million euros for projects aimed at implementing a national plan for supporting refugees and internally displaced persons, IDPs, in Serbia. Josep Lloveras, head of the European Commission delegation to Serbian, yesterday told media that helping IDPs and refugees was a vital initiative, especially during the …
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June 25, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
SARAJEVO – Predstavnički dom parlamenta BiH jučer nije prihvatio hitno smanjenje plaća svim uposlenim u državnim institucijama, čime je Vijeće ministara BiH planiralo uštedjeti oko 40 miliona KM. proceduri, odnosno na jednoj od narednih sjednica, a ne po hitnoj proceduri kako je tražilo Vijeće ministara BiH. “Poslije propasti pregovora s …
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June 25, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Local leaders criticised on Tuesday (June 23rd) Serbian President Boris Tadic’s visit to Banja Luka, arguing that he voiced support only for Bosnian Serb leaders.
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June 25, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Federation of BiH (FBiH) Finance Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda admitted on Tuesday (June 23rd) that BiH risks losing a 1.2 billion-euro loan from the IMF because the entity failed to cut its social and welfare budget by 10%.
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June 25, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbia, citing a 1960 bilateral agreement, has filed a formal request to Bulgaria for the extradition of Agim Ceku, the former Kosovo prime minister arrested at the Macedonian – Bulgarian border because of an Interpol warrant issued at the request of Belgrade that wants him on war crimes charges. In …
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June 25, 2009 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News
As a row between Slovenia and Croatia heats up, the European Union has cancelled the next round of accession negotiations with Croatia planned for Friday, giving no new date talks. EU officials said no progress had been made towards brokering a deal between Croatia and its EU-member neighbor Slovenia. Despite …
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June 24, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Bosnia’s state court on Tuesday refused to extradite a powerful Croatian parliamentary deputy who fled to Bosnia to avoid going to jail for war crimes. Branimir Glavas was the first senior Croatian official to be convicted of war crimes against Serbs during the breakup of the former Yugoslavia in the …
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June 24, 2009 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said he had been ordered by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to fight insurgents in the neighbouring region of Ingushetia after its leader was gravely wounded in a bomb attack. Kadyrov’s harsh tactics have brought relative stability to Chechnya since he was elected in 2007 after more …
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June 24, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbia plans to ship thousands of kilograms of spent nuclear fuel to Russia as it seeks to avert security threats and decommission a research reactor, a government official said on Tuesday. The Vinca Nuclear Institute, 17 km (11 miles) southeast of Belgrade, will ship 2.5 tonnes of spent fuel rods …
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