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06 Nov 07 / 03:03:21

Kosovo Hopes Rice will tackle Kremlin over UN Veto

Pristina __ The Kosovo government hopes the visit to Moscow of Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State, will soften differences between the West and Russia over the future of the disputed territory, Ulpiana Lama, a Kosovo government spokesperson, told Balkan Insight.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:21

New Danube Bridge Between Bulgaria and Romania Gets Go-ahead

Sofia_Bulgarian authorities on Sunday gave the formal go-ahead for the building of a new bridge over the Danube. The bridge will connect the northwest town of Vidin with Kalafat in Romania, shortening the land route from Sofia to northern and western Europe by more than 300 km.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:21

Nationalist Quits As Speaker of Serbian Parliament

Belgrade _ Tomislav Nikolic, speaker of Serbia’s parliament and head of the ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party, resigned late Sunday following two days of heated debate.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:21

Serbian Parliament Set to Debate New Government

Belgrade _ Serbia's lawmakers were scheduled to convene Saturday to vote into office a new government with Vojislav Kostunica as the Prime Minister and to oust Tomislav Nikolic, a nationalist parliament speaker.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:21

Albania to Send Troops to Lebanon

Tirana _ Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha, has pledged Friday his government will send a new contingent of peacekeeping troops to serve as a part of the United Nations' mission in Lebanon and that it will boost country’s military presence in Afghanistan.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:21

Serbian Parties Strike Coalition Deal, Radical Leader Says

Belgrade _ Serbian pro-democracy parties finalised their talks over the formation of a coalition government, a nationalist leader and the parliament speaker Tomislav Nikolic said on Friday.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:21

Serbian Parties Set to Strike Coalition Deal

Belgrade _ Serbian pro-democracy parties are about to finalise their talks over the formation of a coalition government, the Belgrade-based Beta news agency reported Friday.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:21

Serbian Parliament Debates Budget Amid Political Crisis

Belgrade _ Lawmakers in the Serbian parliament could start debating a 2007 draft budget tomorrow and pass it by Sunday or Monday, shortly before the expiry of the May 14 deadline for the creation of a new government, B92 TV reported today.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:21

Family of Macedonian Albanians in US Terror Plot Shocked

Debar_ Family members of three Macedonian Albanians accused of plotting a terrorist attack against the Fort Dix barracks in United States said Friday they were shocked by the news.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:21

ICTY: Blagojevic Acquitted of Complicity in Genocide

Sarajevo_Appeals judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) had cleared Vidoje Blagojevic of the count of complicity in genocide in Srebrenica and reduced his sentence from 18 to 15 years' imprisonment on Wednesday.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:21

Serbia to Extradite Suspected Drug Trafficker to Macedonia

Skopje _ After fruitless attempts to gain Serbian citizenship, Stanislava Cocorovska Poletan, jailed on cocaine smuggling charges, will be extradited to Macedonia, said the country’s justice minister Wednesday.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:03

Croatia Mourns Death of Ivica Racan

Tributes poured in on Sunday following the death of Ivica Racan, Croatia’s former prime minister and a key figure in the country’s transition to democracy and European integration.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:03

Kosovo Serbs End Protest at Province's Border

Belgrade _ About 10,000 displaced Kosovo Serbs ended their protest on Friday at the Jarinje border crossing with the province, which had been intended to signal to a visiting UN mission that they want to return to the homes they fled after the 1998-99 war.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:03

Kosovo Albanians Satisfied with UN Delegation Visit

Pristina_ Members of Kosovo negotiating team who met a visiting UN Security Council delegation today said they were satisfied with the talks.

06 Nov 07 / 03:03:03

Vasarely's Op Art Exhibited in Bulgaria

Sofia_ Is the zebra black with white stripes, or white with black stripes?

This is what Viktor Vasarely, the Hungarian-born father of Op Art, must have asked himself back in the 1930s, when he created his first piece of optic art, Zebra.

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16 May 12 / 14:32:03

Bosnia is Learning Wrong Counterterrorism Lessons

Continued detention of Imad Al Husin - who has never been charged with a crime - shows Bosnia has taken steps in the wrong direction when it comes to balancing human rights against national security issues.

15 May 12 / 20:40:38