March 23, 2009 Albania, Balkan News
The UN presence in Kosovo is viewed as unnecessary by Kosovar Albanians and their mandate meaningless in Kosovo’s working as a state, argues Kosovo’s deputy Prime Minister. Hajredin Kuci emphasised that Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence in 2008, the installment of the constitution, the passing of new legislation, and the deployment …
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Bulgarian migrants living abroad have set up their own political party called “The Other Bulgaria” vowing to tackle corruption and ‘restore the country’s credibility’ in the European Union. Named after a popular television show that tracks the lives of Bulgarian migrants in different parts of the world, the party sets …
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March 23, 2009 Albania, Balkan News
The document enshrining last year’s Declaration of Independence by Kosovo is to go on show at a museum as Kosovo prepares for its Liberation Day. The Declaration of Independence is to be positioned in an exhibition entitled “Kosovo throughout the centuries.” The exhibition is to depict Kosovo’s history since the …
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Montenegro
Montenegro’s biggest exporter, the KAP aluminium plant faces closure, with its foreign bank accounts blocked and an energy company threatening to seize the produced aluminium to pay off debts, according to local media. KAP is the tiny Adriatic country’s biggest exporter, accounting for 40 percent of industrial production and generating …
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Macedonia
George Ivanov from the main ruling VMRO DPMNE party and Ljubomir Frckoski from the main opposition the Social Democrats are set to go into the second round of Macedonia’s presidential election according to early results. Out of 37 percent of the counted votes, Ivanov is the frontrunner with about 81,000 …
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Macedonia
Voting has closed in Macedonia’s presidential and mayoral elections, with the country’s Election Commission announcing the poll went without major incident and met democratic norms. In what was widely seen as a curtail test for the country’s shaken democratic record only the heavy snow disrupted the election with ballot materials …
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Macedonia
Only heavy snowfall has been causing problems so far as voting in Macedonia’s presidential and mayoral elections – seen as a key test for the country’s democracy – are underway. Polls opened at 0700 CET (0600 GMT) and will close at 1900 CET (1800 GMT). But 103 out of the …
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Macedonia
Voting has opened in Macedonia’s presidential and mayor elections in a poll seen as a test of the country’s democratic record. Polls opened at 0700 CET (0600 GMT) and will close at 1900 CET (1800 GMT). The vote is closely monitored by the European Union after last year’s June general …
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Macedonia
Displaced people and prisoners ahead of Sunday’s presidential and mayoral elections in Macedonia. Ballot stations in prisons and community centres opened at 0700 CET (0600 GMT) and will close at 1900 CET (1800) on Saturday, one day before the nationwide poll on Sunday.
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
A new pre-trial status conference in the case of Radovan Karadzic is due to take place on April 2, 2009. The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, has announced that another pre-trial status conference in the case of Radovan Karadzic will take place on …
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