May 25, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Fearful locals in the southeast Macedonia slept out under open skies on Sunday night after over 180 earthquakes hit the region over the weekend. The strongest tremor hit at 6.15pm on Sunday, measuring 5.4 at the Richter scale. It was felt across the country and in the capital, Skopje. Smaller …
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May 25, 2009 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
The US Ambassador in Tirana, John L Withers, on Monday appealed to Albanian citizens from the town of Berat to apply for new identity cards so they can vote in the June 28 parliamentary elections. The appeal follows a similar call made last week by the head of the OSCE …
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May 25, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbia’s government is funding a new construction project in Kosovo, paving a road in the southern Brezovica ski resort. Brezovica is located in the municipality of Shterpce, which is home to a significant Serb minority. The Kosovo daily Express reported that Serbia’s ministry of economy and finance had set aside …
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May 25, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said a resolution proposed by Saudi Arabia calling on Islamic countries to recognise Kosovo had not been accepted at the meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Damascus. “Syria, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Algeria and some other countries submitted amendments to that proposal so that the …
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May 24, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
Author: Mirza Čubro Rad Vijeća ministara BiH bio je blokiran cijelih sedam dana. Građani BiH sa zebnjom su iščekivali kada će članovi Vijeća ministara prestati s inatom i vratiti se poslu. Sedmodnevna blokada rada Vijeća ministara BiH, sada je to već evidentno, imat će nesagledive posljedice po cjelokupni proces reformi …
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May 22, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO – Nihad Vlahovljak, bivši pripadnik Armije RBiH, čija je presuda od 13 godina zatvora zbog ratnih zločina nad hrvatskim civilima u selu Grabovica postala pravosnažna u oktobru prošle godine, do 1. juna ove godine sigurno neće biti upućen na izdržavanje kazne jer je bolestan. “Nihad Vlahovljak …
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May 22, 2009 Balkan Press, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia Press, Special Reporters
Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO Vijeće ministara BiH nastavilo je jučer protekle sedmice prekinutu sjednicu, ali ponovno nije postignut dogovor o nastavku izbora direktora Direkcije za evropske integracije BiH (DEI). Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara BiH Nikola Špirić pojasnio je da blokadi izbora direktora DEI ne želi dodavati i zaustavljanje rada Vijeća ministara. …
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May 22, 2009 Eurasia News, Romania News
Warsaw, POLAND Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and his Romanian counterpart Cristian Diaconescu discussed here on Wednesday the bilateral relations, latest developments in Moldova and energy security.
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May 22, 2009 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News, Romania News
Upon the initiative of Union of Armenians in Romania and RA Embassy, the Writer’s Union of Romania hosted the presentation of Contemporary Armenian Fiction Antalogy.
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May 22, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Vice President Joseph Biden during a special session at Kosovo’s parliament, during which President Fatmir Sejdiu decorated him with the Medal of Liberty for his contribution towards securing his country’s independence. “I want to thank you for one of the greatest honours in my career, the Medal of Liberty,” said …
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