Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Žbogar has called on EU members to help Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania meet the criteria for visa abolition. “That’s very important for Bosnia, for the stability of the state and the region,“ Žbogar told a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, the STA agency reports.
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Man arrested for trafficking Albanians
September 12th, 2009 |
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Serbian police (MUP) in Nova Varoš today arrested a Bosnian national suspected of involvement in human trafficking. The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Bojan P., was found in his vehicle along with four citizens of Albania, the police directorate (PU) in this southwestern town said in a statement.
Slovenian IM: Visa-free by year’s end
September 9th, 2009 |
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Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro will most probably receive a visa-free regime for travel to the EU by the end of 2009, says Slovenian IM Katarina Kresal. Speaking at at the 9th Regional Ministerial Conference on Illegal Migration, Organized Crime, Corruption and Terrorism in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, Kresal said that Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina still had work to do.
Moderate quake strikes Albania
September 7th, 2009 |
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An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale rocked Albania Sunday night, causing damage but no casualties, local media reported. The quake struck around midnight. The epicenter was located in the Dibra area, close to the Macedonian border, the Albanian Institute of Seismology said.
Albanian PM calls for unity
August 16th, 2009 |
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Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said that the national unity of Albanians should be a key idea in the policies of Albania and Kosovo. “There should be no customs between these two countries. Under no conditions should Albania and Kosovo look at each other the way they look at foreign countries, which has nothing to do with the sovereignty of both countries,†Berisha said in a television interview, according to the ATA news agency.
Albania refuses “foreign investigations”
August 7th, 2009 |
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Officials in Albania have told Council of Europe’s Dick Marty that “there can be no organ trade probe based on accusations of Carla Del Ponte or Belgrade”. The CoE rapporteur has been appointed to investigate allegations that first appeared in the former chief Hague prosecutor’s book, and were later probed by the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution.
Hungary backs regional countries’ accession
July 29th, 2009 |
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Hungarian PM Gordon Bajnai stated Wednesday that official Budapest “actively supports†accession of Serbia, Croatia and Albania to the European Union. Hungary finds that its support to a full accession of the Western Balkan countries in the European Union is one of its foreign policy priorities, which is why it sends its most eminent ambassadors to those countries, Bajnai said at the opening of a three-day meeting in Budapest, which gathers Hungarian diplomats from all parts of the world every summer.
“Kosovo, Albania residents might need visas”
July 27th, 2009 |
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Visa liberalization for Macedonians traveling to the EU could lead to limiting entrances for residents of Kosovo and Albania to Macedonia. PriÅ¡tina’s Albanian language daily Koha Ditore writes that Kosovo and Albania residents might need visas to enter Macedonia starting on January 1, when Macedonia will find itself on he Schengen white list.
John Zogby: Interactive Polling Gains Wide Acceptance
July 23rd, 2009 |
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acceptance of the Internet is deeper than just news. In the same survey, fully 14 percent said that, as a national priority, universal access to the Internet is more important than universal access to healthcare.
Andy Worthington: House Threatens Obama Over Chinese Interrogation Of Uighurs In Guantanamo
July 21st, 2009 |
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Last Thursday, while most U.S. media outlets were focused relentlessly on the marathon endurance test that was Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing, the House…
Serbs set for visa-free EU travel
July 15th, 2009 |
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Citizens of Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro should be allowed to travel to most EU nations without visas, the European Commission has proposed.
"This is a historic moment in our relations with countries of the Western Balkans," said EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Jacques Barrot.
The changes, if approved by all 27 EU members and the parliament, would apply from 1 January 2010.
It would mean travellers could visit all the countries in the Schengen zone.
The Schengen zone includes 25 European countries – the 27 EU members, minus the UK, Ireland, Lithuania, Romania and Cyprus; plus Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.
The EU Commission decided against making the same recommendation for Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, and Kosovo. </p
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