Balkans

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is to meet U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs David Johnson on Tuesday. They will discuss the cooperation in judiciary reform as a prerequisite for effective fight with the organized crime. A press conference is due after the meeting.

SARAJEVO Predsjedništvo BiH nije se usaglasilo o podršci Rezoluciji o osudi izraelskih napada na konvoj za humanitarnu pomoć za Gazu, a bh. ambasador ju je, unatoč tome, podržao. Ambasadorica BiH pri Ujedinjenim nacijama u Ženevi Emina Kečo-Isaković glasala je za ovu rezoluciju po instrukcijama Kabineta predsjedavajućeg Predsjedništva BiH Harisa Silajdžića, …

Vlada Federacije BiH nominirala je kompaniju “UNIS Group”, čiji je stoprocentni vlasnik, za posao prodaje viškova naoružanja u inozemstvo bez naknade. U cijeloj ovoj priči zanimljive su najmanje dvije nelogičnosti. Predsjedništvo BiH nije donijelo odluku na koji će način riješiti pitanje viškova oružja, što znači da posla za koji je …

Defense ministers of NATO member states hold a meeting at the end of the week, where they will discuss the troops reduction in Kosovo. They will discuss on KFOR operations as the first step has already been made, NATO Secretary General Andres Faugh Rasmussen said. Towards the end of January, …

Croatian Defence Minister Branko Vukelic and his Serbian counterpart Dragan Sutanovac have signed a “historic agreement” on military cooperation. Currently on a two-day visit to Zagreb, Sutanovac met with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic on Monday, and the two agreed that there was no alternative to cooperation between the two countries …

The UN war crimes tribunal will deliver its verdict Thursday (June 10th) against seven Bosnian Serb officers suspected of genocide or crimes against humanity in Srebrenica in 1995. Vujadin Popovic, Ljubisa Beara, Drago Nikolic, Ljubomir Borovcanin and Vinko Pandurevic are charged with genocide, while Radivoje Miletic and Milan Gvero stand …

Membership to NATO means more defence spending, local media reported on Monday (June 7th). To meet the criteria to join the Alliance, the government had to double defence spending, from about 9m euros in 2005 to about 19m euros in 2009. The money reportedly was used to modernise the military …

Spanish Ambassador to Serbia Inigo de Palacio Espana says that he believes that Serbia will continue the EU integration process with no Kosovo status as precondition. “Many top-ranking European officials said that this issue will not be set as prerequisite to Serbia’s

SARAJEVO Muhamed Jaser Sabag, bh. državljanin sirijskog porijekla, koji je bio zatočen u izraelskom zatvoru zbog pokušaja da s još nekoliko stotina humanitaraca brodom dopremi pomoć palestinskom stanovništvu u Gazi, u nedjelju se vratio u BiH. U Sarajevo je doputovala i Mukadera Tanak-Kirbaš, turska državljanka, zaposlena u ogranku organizacije IHH …

SARAJEVO Vlada Federacije BiH predložila je Ministarstvu odbrane BiH državni “UNIS Group” iz Vogošće za partnera, koji bi, bez naknade, izvozio viškove starog oružja iz BiH iako ne postoji odluka o izvozu viškova naoružanja i vojne opreme. Ministar odbrane BiH Selmo Cikotić kaže da je Predsjedništvo BiH ranije usvojilo politiku …