Thu, Feb 09 2012
Interirm report praised Romania for continuing to pursue high-profile corruption cases and new legislation, but urged more action on reforming the judicial system and the confiscation of assets acquired through illegal means.
Turkey hardens stance against Syria, its Western allies increasingly looking to Ankara for help to unseat Assad
Weather warnings throughout South Eastern Europe; Romania extends ‘Code Orange’, intense snowfalls in Macedonia, deaths in Greece and heavy snow, frost and icy conditions forecast for Turkey.
Ungureanu was previously head of Romania's foreign intelligence service; he has also served as foreign minister between December 2004 and March 2007.
Warnings on harsh winter weather situations in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and some parts of Montenegro and Croatia.
Statement on review of Romania’s economic programme released on February 6, coinciding with the resignation of prime minister Emil Boc
Elsewhere in South Eastern Europe, Romania has declared Code Orange in 19 counties, while southern Greece has seen severe flooding.
After weeks of anti-austerity protests, February 6 saw Boc step down, saying he wanted to defuse political and social tension in Romania.
The Serbian government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will wrap up talks on the first review of the current precautionary arrangement on Thursday. The meeting will not be followed by a press conference, but a statement on the agreement reached between the parties, the government said.
It is still unknown when the Belgrade-Priština talks could continue and the pressure exerted on Serbia is being increased every day, daily Politika writes. Various EU officials are increasing the pressure by making daily statements, claiming that Serbia will not get the EU candidate status if Belgrade fails to reach an agreement with Priština regarding its regional representation next week.
Hashim Thaci once again rejected the possibility of a special status for northern part of Kosovo, said reports from Priština on Wednesday. Thaci, who heads the government in Priština, made the statement after a meeting with EU's new Special Representative in Kosovo, Samuel Žbogar.
Russia supports the candidacy of Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić for president of the General Assembly of the United Nations. This was confirmed in New York on Wednesday by Russian Ambassador to UN Vitaly Churkin.
Serbian President Boris Tadić toured southern Serbia on Wednesday and met with representatives of local emergency teams in the municipality of Crna Trava. They informed him about the situation on the ground in the municipality - one of the most affected by heavy snowfall and low temperatures, and also one of Serbia's poorest.
As a delegation of inspectors representing the country's international creditors prepares to return to Athens on Thursday to check whether authorities have pushed through the necessary reforms to secure the fourth installment of a multi-billion-euro rescu... ...
Immigrants shout slogans after arriving at the port of Piraeus in the early hours of yesterday morning. More than 200 immigrants, most of whom are from North African countries and have been employed in menial jobs on the island of Crete are to begin a hun... ...
Pharmacists who object to the government's plans to open up their sector to competition decided over the weekend to resume their action with another three-day strike starting Wednesday while insisting that a handful of duty pharmacies that would remain op... ...
A controversial penalty by David Fuster allowed Olympiakos to beat Asteras Tripolis 1-0 away last night and extend its lead at the top of the Super League to seven points, but the shock of the soccer weekend came with AEK's thrashing at home by newly prom... ...
As the parliamentary committee probing the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal prepares to submit its report to the House today, the two main political parties - which both have cadres implicated in the affair - continued to trade barbs while speculation a... ...
This year the Robert Burns International Foundation will be working on five major projects, in addition to its on-going work...
The 15th anniversary Budapest Burns Supper, held at the Corinthia Hotel Budapest on Saturday, raised almost HUF 5 million (EUR...
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra soloist Klara Babel will give her Romantic Harp concert on Tuesday 14 February at 7.30pm in...
Indian and Hungarian dancers perform to a medley of traditional and modern Indian music in Chakra Mala, a dance play...
The Slovakian government has expressed regret over the bashing of Hedvig Malina, an ethnic Hungarian university student who was beaten...
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