Balkans

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The appointment of Viktor Zubkov as Russia’s new prime minister has intensified speculation that Vladimir Putin harbours ambitions of remaining in office beyond next year’s presidential election.

During the past few weeks, the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria has been in the Russian news for three separate and important reasons. First, there has been a marked increase in the activity of the local mujahideen.

                                                                       По словам президента Сергея Багапша, грузинские войска и боевая техника активно передислоцируются в верхнюю часть Кодори  

The new challenges to international security reveal themselves on today’s international scene, representing major elements of the new logic that establishes international order: they transform the security environment, redefine international relations and succeed to influence the way be perceive global peace, individual liberties and every day life.  

  With the governments in Turkey and Greece receiving new mandates in elections the two countries agreed in New York over the weekend to “further enhance” their relations.

Nearly three decades after defecting to the West, former Romanian Foreign Intelligence deputy commander Ion Mihai Pacepa appeared on a Romanian TV news programme last week and confirmed that the late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s regime plotted to kill expatriates working at Radio Free Europe (RFE).

Retired Bosnian Serb General Zdravko Tolimir, who was recently captured and sent to The Hague war crimes tribunal for alleged involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, refused to attend a court session Wednesday (August 1st) regarding his health, claiming he was “in excellent condition”.

A monument to assassinated Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic was unveiled in Prokuplje on Wednesday (August 1st) with his mother and sister on hand. The ceremony, which coincided with Djindjic’s birthday, was also attended by Serbian President Boris Tadic, Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic, Parliament Speaker Oliver Dulic and other …

Travellers can expect visa relief after they receive new passports scheduled for the spring of 2008, Foreign Minister Milan Rocen said on Wednesday (August 1st). During a working breakfast with journalists, the first since the formation of the new government, Rocen announced that a unified EU visa application centre would …