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Roundup: Serbian rep beaten, robbed
A representative in Serbia’s Parliament was attacked, beaten then robbed around 11 pm in Belgrade. The representative from the Democratic Party, Biljana Hasanovic-Korac, was attack by a criminal who hit her several times in the head with a metal object, then stole her purse. The attacker was later arrested. Hasanovic-Korac is in a stable... »
Visa-free travel key for Balkans, EU
A senior European Commission official says an EU delegation will check next month whether Balkan countries have fulfilled conditions for visa-free travel. Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Jacques Barrot says abolishment of visas is a key step on the region’s road to EU membership. Montenegro, Macedonia and Serbia are expected to be granted visa-free travel to... »
No missile shield planned in Balkans
The United States will not move any missile defences to the Balkans after President Barack Obama decided not to deploy any in Poland, a top U.S. official said on Thursday. Last week Obama dropped plans by predecessor George W. Bush for ground-based interceptor missiles in Poland and a related radar site in the Czech... »
Roundup: Serbia appeals acquittals of policemen
Serbia’s war crimes prosecutor has appealed the acquittals of three former policemen tried for one of the worst massacres of the Kosovo war. Serbia’s war crimes court in April convicted and sentenced four ex-policemen to up to 20 years in prison, but acquitted three others of killing 48 ethnic Albanians in March 1999 in the... »
Roundup: EULEX may attack Serbs
Separatist so-called deputy prime minister Hajredin Kuçi says that his separatist government considers Serbia’s President Tadic’s statement an illusion for saying that the negotiations on Kosovo status will reopen once World Court rules that the declaration of independence is illegal. “Everything is over regarding the status, between Kosovo and Serbia. We can only talk as... »
Roundup: Ex-Serb spy maybe double agent?
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Ivica Dacic said that the story that the former Milosevic’s top spy, Jovica Stanisic, was a CIA agent sound unbelievable but if true then, Dacic says, it shows that anything is possible in the Balkans. In a research on Stanisic written by Belgrade based reporter Marko Lopusina... »
Roundup: Bosnia may recognize Kosovo
Deputy High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rafi Gregorian, is quoted as saying that Bosnia and Herzegovina might soon recognize the independence of Kosovo. “I think that it would be good to happen now, because it could have an impact on Bosnia’s division, and I believe it is only a matter of time before Bosnia... »
Balkans except Kosovo unimportant to new president
Associate with the Carnage, Jonathan Clark, said that whoever takes over as president in Washington, Balkans will have very little priority, except for Kosovo which will be viewed critically because of its implications in Caucuses such as Georgia. Clark believes that relations with Russia will top and that Washington will begin to reexamine the decision... »
World Bank ranks Bitola best for business
Among the Balkan nation, city of Bitola has been ranked as the most friendly for doing business, reports World Bank in its annual Ease of Doing Business Index for 2008. Mostar, Sarajevo and Banja Luka, all in Bosnia, are ranked by the World Bank as the worst for doing business among the 22 cities surveyed... »
TransMedia launches Glide OS WDP in Kosovo, Albania
Friday, July 11, 2008 11:07 PM TransMedia has launched the Glide OS World Development Programme (GWDP) to bring Glide’s low cost mobile computing solutions to the developing world. TransMedia chairman and CEO Donald Leka said, “The programme will begin with the world’s youngest nation, Kosovo, currently with an unemployment rate of over 60 per cent and... »
