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Love Hurts

05 February 2010 |

Simon Cottrell It's a shame that the internet is a virtual medium, because there are a lot of people out there that I'd like to express my deep feelings of friendship to, and having spent the last two years here in Serbia, I'd like to do it in a truly Serbian way.


Feith: 'New Beginning' for Mitrovica
05 February 2010 | Lawrence Marzouk

The International Civilian Representative in Kosovo, Pieter Feith, has said the appointment of a team to create a new Serb-majority municipality in the divided city of Mitrovica could herald a 'new beginning'.

Georgieva, Ciolos Approved with New Commission
09 February 2010 |

The European Parliament has approved the new European Commission at its session in Strasbourg. Kristalina Georgieva and Dacian Ciolos are the new commissioners from Bulgaria and Romania, respectively.

Koricanske stijene: Awareness of Security
09 February 2010 |

A member of the Intelligence-Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina says he spoke to Milorad Skrbic while investigating the murder at Koricanske stijene and "determined that he did not have any operational data about this event".



Macedonia Press Review - November 16

Skopje | 16 November 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic
 
Macedonia Press
Macedonia Press
Here are the top stories in Macedonia’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

DNEVNIK

Macedonia and Greece are getting further away from reaching a compromise solution to the name issue, the daily reports after the last round of meetings of both sides with the UN mediator Matthew Nimetz in New York last week. The foreign diplomats are the only ones remaining hopeful of a possible breakthrough due to a positive atmosphere.

UTRINSKI VESNIK

Macedonia and Greece have entrenched, each on its own position regarding the name talks in the UN after the Greek negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis delivered the new Greek demands to the mediator Matthew Nimetz. Athens sees the name Republic of Northern Macedonia as the only solution to the row.



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