Eurasia

Bulgarian PM to Visit Serbia on Monday

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is scheduled to leave Monday for an official trip to Serbia, his office has informed. Borisov is set to meet with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković and President Boris Tadic and is expected to

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Council of Europe to close its info-center in Skopje, Ljubljana and Podgorica

Council of Europe will shutdown its information centers in Skopje and Ljubljana as well as in Podgorica.  Secretary General of Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland made the proposal, while the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to close the info-centers in the three towns. „The Council of …

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Parada independenţei şi „independenţa” paradei

„Istoria se repetă pe ea însăşi, mai întâi ca o tragedie, apoi ca o farsă” (Karl Marx) Luni, 26 aprilie, deputaţii din primul Parlament urmează să se întrunească într-o şedinţă specială pentru a semna din nou textul Declaraţiei de Independenţă. Prilej de bilanţ, de numeroase şi necesare reflexii. Multe s-au …

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The coming population exodus from the Balkans to the EU

The EU in the end of 2009 took the decision of liberalizing the regime concerning visas by the citizens from several Western Balkan countries. It is also, widely discussed in Brussels, that after Montenegro, Serbia, Albania and Fyrom, Bosnia will also have a visa-free regime by mid-2010, followed perhaps by …

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Greece requests EU/IMF aid package

Greece on Friday requested the activation of a European Union/International Monetary Fund aid package. Athens is currently negotiating details of a 40-45 billion euro aid package with officials from the European Union and Monetary Fund aimed at pulling the country out of a debt crisis which has skaken the euro.

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ICTY Will Consider Application for Review in Sljivancanin Judgment

For the first time since it was established, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, will hold a hearing to consider the review of a judgment delivered by the Appeals Chamber. On June 3 the Appeals Chamber will hold a hearing regarding Veselin Sljicancanin’s application for a review …

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Bosnia Gets NATO Membership Plan

The foreign ministers of NATO member states agreed at their meeting in Tallinn, Estonia on Thursday to extend a Membership Action Plan, MAP, to Bosnia, but attached conditions to its implementation. Bosnia’s top officials welcomed the decision, expressing hope that it would help stabilize the country and contribute to the …

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