Balkans

Macedonia began an agricultural census June 1st, covering individual farms, households owning a forest or fishpond, and other entities operating in the areas of agriculture, hunting and forestry in 41 regions. A total of 5,707 census takers or enumerators are working door-to-door, along with 613 regional instructors. The deadline for …

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, bitterly opposed to a US missile shield in eastern Europe, told US President George W. Bush on Thursday that Moscow would drop its objections if the system were installed in Azerbaijan.

After two failed attempts, Romania’s Democratic Party (PD) filed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu’s minority government on Monday (June 4th), while Macedonia’s main opposition party made a similar move on Tuesday, in a bid to topple the ruling conservatives.

Senatul a aprobat azi prelungirea termenului până la care Comisia de anchetă privind legalitatea privatizării SNP Petrom trebuie să depună raportul final.

Tranzacţie specială cu 4% din Interconinental pe piaţa Rasdaq.  Pe piaţa specială s-a transferat un pachet de 33,5 milioane de titluri în valoare de 9,1 milioane de lei. Tranzacţia s-a făcut la preţul de 27,2 bani, cu 4,5% sub cel de referinţă.

Verdict în cazul Steven Merkes. Fostul angajat al Departamentului Apărării din SUA a fost condamnat la un an de închisoare pentru luare de mită de la omul de afaceri american din România, Phillip Bloom. ÃŽn schimbul banilor, Merkes a facilitat obÅ£inerea unor contracte guvernamentale în România ÅŸi Irak pentru compania …

Relatives of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre took legal action against the UN and the Netherlands on Monday (June 4th) for allowing thousands of Bosnian Muslims to be killed by Bosnian Serb forces.

Serbian police confirmed last week that they have detained 12 people suspected of involvement in atrocities committed in the Croatian village of Lovas in October and November 1991. They include four members of the former Yugoslav People’s Army, four members of a local Serb territorial defence force, and four volunteer …

While it may take year before a state prison is in place in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the country must take urgent steps to deal with the shortcomings in its current detention system, High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling said Friday (June 1st).