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Hague Orders Probe Into Witness Intimidations
The United Nation’s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal said Wednesday it had ordered a probe into claims that prosecutors intimidated witnesses in the trial of ultra-nationalist Serb leader Vojislav Seselj. “The (trial) chamber ordered the registrar to appoint amicus curiae (a Latin term meaning “friend of the court”) to look into the allegations,” spokesman Christian Chartier... »
Balkans States To Improve EU-Turkey Rail Transport
Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia Friday signed an agreement to improve railway transport from European Union states to Turkey across the three Balkan nations, Serbia’s Beta news agency reported. The three states, once joined in the Yugoslav federation, decided to create a joint rail company that would work on modernizing the railway and enable faster transport... »
Balkan Leaders Discuss EU Integration
European Union and Balkan leaders held talks Friday to discuss the region’s integration into the bloc and the challenges it faces due to the global economic crisis. “All of us here are striving for the same goal — eventual integration of southeastern European countries in the Euro-Atlantic political and security framework,” Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka... »
Slovak PM Slams “Extremist” Hungary
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico Friday denounced Hungary, which has granted dual citizenship to ethnic Hungarians in neighboring states, as an “extremist country that exports its brown plague.” Fico made the comment in an interview with France’s Le Figaro newspaper in which he said that Hungary was behaving as if its northern neighbor Slovakia didn’t... »
Black Sea parliament meeting ends in Belgrade
The 35th General Meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation ( PABSEC) was concluded in Belgrade on Thursday, where 140 parliamentarians from 12 countries discussed issues ranging from international law to women’s rights, reported the Serbian news agency Tanjug. The PABSEC is a forum for cooperation of the parliaments of the... »
New Deal For EU, Balkans, Spain
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos Wednesday said the European Union and the Western Balkans had agreed on a “new deal” during a key meeting in Sarajevo. “Today in Sarajevo, I think the European Union and the Western Balkans decided to have a new deal. A deal of the future, a future of hope, a... »
Balkans Hopes in EU
Representatives of the Western Balkans countries and the European Union are set to meet in Sarajevo for a crunch meeting Wednesday to discuss the region’s future in the E.U. Balkan states are hoping for a clear commitment from Brussels. With the E.U. in the grips of the Greek debt crisis and facing a growing resistance to... »
Balkans matter to EU, US
The integration of Balkans countries into the European Union is an “important test” for the bloc’s ambition to be “a more effective global actor,” senior EU and U.S. officials said in an opinion piece published Monday. The op-ed published in the Bosnian daily Oslobodjenje and signed by Clinton, EU foreign policy chief Baroness Ashton and... »
Romania, Bulgaria, Greece Back Balkan EU bids
Romania, Bulgaria and Greece on Friday adopted a joint statement expressing their support for the Western Balkans’ European Union accession, Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi said. “We have adopted a statement stressing our common commitment to the Western Balkans’ European perspective,” Baconschi said after a meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Nikolay Mladenov and Greek Junior... »
Iran Blasts Powers for Sparking Problems in Balkans
“Unfortunately, certain powers are still after creating problems in the Balkan region,” Mottaki said, stressing that interference of foreign powers is the main source of problems in the region. He also welcomed establishment of stability and tranquility in the Balkans, and reiterated, “We support expansion of cooperation and convergence among the regional countries.” Elsewhere, Mottaki referred... »
