March 11, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Bulgaria’s leading centre-right parties, the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) and Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB), look poised to overcome years of bickering after deciding on March 10 to begin talks on a coalition ahead of this summer’s Parliament elections. DSB gave leader Ivan Kostov, the former UDF prime …
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March 11, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
US Vice President Joseph Biden during a meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels called on the Europeans to maintain their commitments to Kosovo and take their share of responsibility towards the newly independent state seriously. “There is still a lot of work to be done in Kosovo because our …
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March 11, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina
Bosnian police forces mounted an overnight operation in the southern suburbs of the capital of Sarajevo, hunting down nine armed convicts who had earlier escaped from a prison in the eastern Bosnian town of Ustikolina. By midnight, police had located and arrested four escaped convicts while the other four were …
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March 11, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
The approaching presidential and local elections in Macedonia will be a litmus test for the country on its way to EU, the current EU Presidency holder, the Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, said late Tuesday in Skopje. During his one day stay visit to Skopje, Topolanek met Macedonian President Branko …
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March 11, 2009 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Albania’s opposition Socialist party is ahead of the ruling Democrats of Prime Minister Sali Berisha in voter preference three months before June’s general elections, according to a poll conducted by Zogby International for broadcaster Top Channel TV. In the poll released on Tuesday, 39 per cent of respondents said they …
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March 10, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The government is considering the adoption of shorter workweeks, to 32 hours, as a measure against layoffs amid economic crisis, Serbian Minister of Labour Rasim Ljajic, said.
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March 10, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
After five days of slight depreciation, dinar strengthened against euro by 0.3%, the central bank said. The exchange rate of 94.60 RSD/EUR was established without the Central Bank’s involvement on the inter-banking FX market.
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March 10, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Sarajevo, March 9 – Macedonia’s participation in difficult missions, such as ALTEA, is an additional reason for the country to soon join NATO, said Derek Chappell, a spokesman for NATO headquarters in Bosnia-Herzegovina. – The Summit in Bucharest has clearly shown that NATO allies wish to see Macedonia in their …
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March 10, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Kosovo’s opposition party, New Kosovo Alliance, its chairman for diaspora Arben Kurteshi, during a press conference on Monday, spoke about the vital need to establish the Ministry of Diaspora, calling on the Kosovo Parliament to urgently create legal conditions for the formation of the ministry and the reservation of seats …
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March 10, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The Minister of Kosovo Security Force, Fehmi Mujota, met last week with the NATO Chief of Staff, General Karl-Heinz Lather, accompanied by Major-General Fugie and expressed his gratitude toward NATO and KFOR for their continuous support and help provided to the Kosovo people and its institutions. In the meeting Minister …
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