February 1, 2012 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Bosnian forensic experts last year exhumed the remains of 413 people who went missing during the country’s 1990s war, bringing the total number of victims found to some 22,000.
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February 1, 2012 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
On January 31 Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received the EU Special Representative for eh South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, Ambassador Philippe Lefort. Issues related to the settlement of the Karabakh conflict and cooperation with the European Union in the field of defense were discussed. The parties attached …
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February 1, 2012 Eurasia Press, Special Analysis
The EU policies in favor of the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo) began to develop in 2000, when the European Union established for the first time exceptional unlimited duty-free access to the EU market for nearly all products originating in the Western …
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February 1, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas says Athens is a proponent of Serbia’s EU accession and that slowing down of the process would be EU’s strategic mistake. “Greece has been a consistent and loyal proponent of Serbia’s EU accession and we believe
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February 1, 2012 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Croat FM Vesna Pusić said on Tuesday Serbia and Croatia could discuss withdrawals of genocide lawsuits if they first resolved whatever they could bilaterally. “That refers to stolen property, missing persons and war crimes cases,” she explained.
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February 1, 2012 Eurasia News, Romania News
Romania’s ruling party plans to raise pensions and wages with a view to deflecting some of its current unpopularity with austerity-weary voters. Romania’s centre-right Liberal Democratic Party has mandated Prime Minister Emil
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February 1, 2012 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News, Serbia
The interior ministry of the Serb entity sent a complaint to the State Prosecutor on Tuesday demanding it reconsider termination of the Dobrovoljacka war-crime probe. The letter follows the decision of an international prosecutor, Jude Romano, engaged
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February 1, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Kosovo’s parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the international community to permit full independence by the end of this year. Four years after seceding from Serbia, Kosovo’s parliament has adopted a resolution calling for an
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February 1, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News
After an EU prosecutor, Maurizio Salustro, refused to testify in the Klecka case, saying he had immunity as an international staffer, Fatmir Limaj’s defence asked the Chief Prosecutor to suspend the Italian lawyer from the trial. Fatmir Limaj’s defence team yesterday
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January 31, 2012 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The Serbian parliament’s Committee on Kosovo and Metohija is set to discuss the decisions by the assemblies of the four municipalities from northern Kosovo. The Serb municipalities have called a referendum for mid-February, where the citizens will
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