January, 2013

• 15 January

  Croatia PM Visits Serbia to Break Ice

  Croatia’s Zoran Milanovic will arrive in Belgrade on Wednesday on a visit aimed at improving the currently tense relations between the two countries.Milanovic will meet his counterpart, Ivica Dacic, on his first official visit to Belgrade, after ties deteriorated following the election of a new government in Serbia last year. …

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• 15 January

  Romania to Simplify Fiscal Checks

  Several fiscal bodies are to merge into one, in a bid to improve efficiency and lighten the load on companies struggling under the weight of numerous inspections.Romania’s centre-left government plans to merge several fiscal authorities into a single structure in a move to reform the tax system and increase the …

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• 15 January

  Russia Agrees Loan for Serbian Railways

  Ministers from Belgrade and Moscow have signed a deal on a 600 million euro Russian export loan to finance rail infrastructure in Serbia.The Serbian and Russian finance ministers, Mladjan Dinkic and Anton Siluanov, have signed a deal in Moscow on a government loan for Serbia’s state-owned railway company. The contract, …

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• 15 January

  Pakistan’s Supreme Court orders the arrest of PM for corruption

  The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered on Tuesday the arrest of the Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and other officials for illegal payments regarding electricity projects. The Prime Minister has denied all accusations.

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• 15 January

  Protests in Islamabad demanding dissolution of Pakistan’s government

  Thousands of supporters of a Muslim cleric, Tahir ul Qadri, that is asking for dissolution of the government have gathered near the parliament building on Tuesday after a deadline set by the cleric for his demands expired. The police clashed with the protesters for 10-15 minutes, but then the crowd …

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• 15 January

  France will send more soldiers in Mali

  The President of France, Francois Hollande, said during a visit to United Arab Emirates that the number of troops involved into the Mali operation will increase in order to wrest control from Islamist militants and make way as soon as possible for African forces. The number of French personnel that …

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• 14 January

  Kosovo Serbs Welcome Belgrade Resolution

  Serbs in Kosovo have welcomed the Serbian parliament’s resolution, which lays down the principles and guidelines for Belgrade negotiators in their dialogue with Pristina.Kosovo Serb leaders say they back the Serbian parliament resolution on Kosovo, as it will help solve open issues with Pristina and improve the status of Kosovo …

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• 14 January

  Fugitive Peruvian Minister Sparks Row in Albania

  Albania’s opposition has accused the government of harbouring Peru’s fugitive ex-Foreign Minister Augusto Blacker Millier after he was revealed to be in Albania.Opposition Socialist MP Erion Brace accused the government of Prime Minister Sali Berisha of protecting Millier, who is wanted in Peru for his involvement in a coup. “[Berisha] …

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• 14 January

  Serbia Raises Pressure Over Albanian Monument

  Belgrade has warned ethnic Albanians against involving Tirana in a dispute over a controversial memorial to guerrilla fighters that the Serbian authorities want removed.“South Serbia Albanians have sought to internationalise the problem; however, their rights here are not endangered,” Serbia’s deputy prime minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday after local …

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• 14 January

  Croatia Holds Bomb Blasts Suspect

  Police suspect a man wounded in the second of two recent explosions in Zagreb, although the motive for the attacks remains unclear.Vojislav Blazevic, 54, who is in hospital recovering from his injuries, is suspected of staging explosions in the Croatian capital on January 9 and 11. The investigation is continuing …

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