January, 2013

• 29 January

  Romania Given More Time To Meet IMF Demands

  Romania is to get two more months to hit its agreed goals with the IMF, ater falling behind with several targets.The IMF is granting Romania two extra months, until June, to meet its commitments, after falling behind in some of its targets connected to a 5 billion euro aid plan. …

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• 29 January

  Fresh Macedonia ‘Name’ Talks Start in New York

  The UN envoy in the Macedonia-Greece ‘name’ dispute, Matthew Nimetz, is sounding confident of a compromise ahead of fresh talks, which follow his recent visit to the region.UN mediator Nimetz will meet Macedonia’s negotiator, Zoran Jolevski and Greece’s Adamantios Vassilakis separately and then at a joint discussion on Tuesday and …

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• 29 January

  Croatia Fears Slovenia Will Delay EU Accession

  As time run shorts for Slovenia to ratify Croatia’s EU accession – if Croatia is to join the European club on July 1, as planned – leaders from both countries are to meet this week.”If Slovenia doesn’t ratify Croatia’s accession agreement soon, Croatia won’t join the EU on July 1, …

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• 29 January

  African Union allocates $50 million aid for Mali operation

  The African Union announced on Monday that it will allocate around $50 million to support the military operation in Mali, aimed to retake control of northern parts of the country from Islamist militants. The Union estimated that the entire intervention will cost around $450 million. “For the first time in …

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• 29 January

  Thousands in Kosovo Protest Decani Ruling

  Some 2,000 locals living near the famous Serbian Orthodox monastery in western Kosovo protested against a court decision which they said unfairly favoured the monastery.Some 2,000 locals living near the famous Serbian Orthodox monastery in western Kosovo protested against a court decision which they said unfairly favoured the monastery.Thousands of …

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• 29 January

  French President says military operation will be a success

  The French Defense Minister has announced that city of Timbuktu, city of Gao and the area in between are now under control of French troops. These cities were under Islamist control for almost one year. In a news conference on Monday, France President Francois Hollande said: “We are winning in …

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• 28 January

  Yugoslav Army General Admits Kosovo War Crimes

  Yugoslav Army general Dragoljub Ojdanic confessed that he committed war crimes against Kosovo Albanians in the late 1990s and withdrew his appeal against his Hague conviction.“I fully accept all of the findings made in the judgment [against me]. All that remains is for me to serve out my sentence,” said …

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• 28 January

  Macedonia, Serbia to Hold Joint Government Session

  The two governments will hold their first-ever joint meeting in Belgrade in May in an attempt to boost cooperation and economic ties.Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic told a press conference in Skopje on Monday that the planned joint government session would help push forward …

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• 28 January

  Albanian Parties Trade Jibes Ahead of Elections

  Albania’s Socialists accused the ruling Democrats of planning to rig the June 23 polls while the governing party claimed the opposition was trying to spark another crisis.As the political environment heated up ahead of the parliamentary elections, Socialist Party leader Edi Rama said the government was planning to rig the …

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• 28 January

  Bosniaks Call for Global Srebrenica Genocide Day

  The World Bosniak Forum has asked the UN secretary general to commemorate the wartime massacres by declaring July 11 International Srebrenica Genocide Remembrance Day.The United Nations should officially mark the worst killings of the Bosnian conflict, said Mustafa Ceric, president of the World Bosniak Forum, in a letter sent to …

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