Balkan News

Hungary voices concern over investigation of Hungarian minority minister in Romania

BUCHAREST, Romania — Hungarian Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz issued a statement Thursday (June 14th) expressing concern over the criminal investigations opened against some members of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, including one against Telecommunications Minister Zsolt Nagy.

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EU says progress report will not contain penalties for Bulgaria

SOFIA, Bulgaria — A EU report on Bulgaria’s compliance with recommendations to tackle organised crime and corruption and to overhaul its judiciary will make no mention of any penalties for the country, European Commission spokesman Mark Gray said on Thursday (June 14th).

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Financial Times: România şi Bulgaria vor scăpa probabil de sancţiunile UE

România şi Bulgaria vor scăpa probabil, luna aceasta, de sancţiunile Uniunii Europene, în pofida eşecului lor de a anihila corupţia şi crima organizată, după ce au aderat la clubul european în ianuarie, comentează Financial Times în ediţia electronică de astăzi.

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Bosnian Muslims rally to demand autonomy for Srebrenica

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — Thousands of Muslims who survived the Srebrenica massacre gathered in Sarajevo on Monday (June 11th) to demand autonomy for the area, the scene of Europe’s worst post World War II atrocity in the summer of 1995.

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Bush calls for release of Libya-jailed Bulgarian nurses

The five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya in a controversial HIV infection case must be freed and allowed to return home as quickly as possible, US President George W. Bush said on Monday (June 11th) in Sofia, the final stop on his eight-day European tour.

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