May 27, 2013 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia, Eurasia News
The president of Bosnia’s Muslim-Croat federation has been freed from jail following his arrest last month on corruption charges. The Constitutional Court ruled on May 24 that Zivko Budimir and
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May 27, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Bulgarian candidate for Prime Minister, Plamen Oresharski, will present the line-up of his cabinet to President Rosen Plevneliev on Tuesday, May 28. The meeting will
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May 24, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that his country has not changed its stance on Kosovo and that it “supports Serbian friends” in talks with Priština. He told a press conference after a meeting with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić in Sochi
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May 24, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting with his Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolić this Friday in Sochi, on the Black Sea. The two presidents will sign a
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May 24, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Members of the European Parliament have urged member states to start EU accession negotiations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia before July in a resolution on the country’s 2012 progress report. In a debate on 22 May, MEP Richard Howitt, who
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May 24, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Police have detained the mayor of Skenderaj/Srbice, Sami Lushtaku, and four other suspects for alleged war crimes against civilian prisoners during the 1999 conflict. Officers from the EU rule-of-law mission EULEX and Kosovo police arrested the five men on Thursday on suspicion
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May 24, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News, Turkey
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay an official visit to Russia on September 5. The purpose of Erdogan’s visit is participation in the G-20 summit, which will be held on September 5-6 in St. Petersburg.
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May 24, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News, Turkey
Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan will arrive in Azerbaijan on Friday to attend Azerbaijan-Turkey-Georgia business forum, which will be held in Gabala on May 25.
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May 24, 2013 Albania, Balkan News, Balkans, Bosnia Hertegovina, Croatia, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News, Montenegro
Representatives of the Governments of Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia signed a memorandum of understanding, support and cooperation in the construction of two new pipelines – the Trans-Adriatic (Trans Adriatic Pipeline, TAP) and the
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May 24, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Montenegro, Serbia
Serbian PM Ivica Dačić said after a meeting with his Montenegrin counterpart Milo Đukanović on Thursday that two countries’ relations were constantly improving. He said that they had discussed a possibility of joint sessions of the two governments.
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