Balkans

Opposition New Kosovo Alliance leader Behxhet Pacolli called for early elections and the establishment of a technical government on Monday (April 5th). Pacolli criticised the recent government reshuffle by saying that the changes made are limited only to the replacement of some ministers with others.

Grecia accepta ca Fosta Republica Iugoslava a Macedoniei (FYROM) sa se numeasca “Macedonia de Nord”, a declarat primul adjunct al ministrului afacerilor externe grec Dimitris Droutsas, transmite Agerpres. Daca premierul macedonean Nikola Gruevski respinge propunerea, “va trebui sa explice el insusi poporului sau pentru ce il priveaza de perspectiva europeana”, …

SARAJEVO Bosna i Hercegovina godišnje gubi desetine miliona KM zbog neevidentiranja uvoza ili smanjenja prikazane vrijednosti uvezene robe, tvrdi Fuad Kasumović, zamjenik ministra finansija i trezora BiH. Smatra da bi rješavanjem ovog problema Uprava za indirektno oporezivanje BiH (UIO) mogla prikupiti mnogo više prihoda na jedinstvenu račun BiH.

The Greek government is getting back to work after a brief Easter holiday to meet an International Monetary Fund team in Athens on Wednesday.

SARAJEVO Ured BiH za saradnju s Interpolom nije dobio potjernicu za Nikom Lozančićem, zamjenikom predsjedavajućeg Predstavničkog doma Parlamentarne skupštine BiH iako je, navodno, hrvatski sud izdao nalog za njegovo hapšenje. Općinski kazneni sud u Zagrebu, prema navodima hrvatskih medija, izdao je nalog za hapšenje Loznačića, koji se odbija pojaviti pred …

The natural gas in Serbia can hike now; however, everything depends on Serbian government and the Energy Agency, the general director of Serbiagaz Dusan Bajatovic said. Bjatovic said that the Company had not filled in a claim on hiking gas price in a compliance with the political agreement.

Senior EU and US officials will visit BiH this week to encourage local leaders to speed up reforms needed for the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of the country, an unnamed representative of the US embassy in Sarajevo announced Sunday (April 4th). US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and Spanish …

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will appear at The Hague war crimes tribunal (ICTY) on April 13th for the resumption of his trial, a member of Karadzic’s defence team, Peter Robinson, said on Saturday (April 3rd). According to Robinson, Karadzic plans to participate fully in the hearings. On Thursday, …

Set zakona o reformi policije u BiH, koja uopće nije reforma, usvojen je prije dvije godine pod snažnim pritiskom međunarodne zajednice. Usvajanjem ovih zakona BiH je omogućeno potpisivanje Sporazuma o stabilizaciji i pridruživanju s EU. Bio je to svakako veoma važan korak za zemlju. Upozorenja da usvajanje ovih zakona ni …

By adopting the Srebrenica declaration, Serbia has shown its “European face”, says High International Representative in Bosnia Valentin Inzko. “The adoption of this document has a key importance for the process of reconciliation in the whole region. This is a very important step for Serbia, a hard one, but necessary,” …