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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
The European Union's executive has pledged half a billion euros in aid to rebuild Kosovo's struggling economy. The promise was made at the start of an international donors conference in Brussels that hopes to raise 1.5 billion euros. The US has pledged 300 million euros while the German government, the second largest source of foreign aid to Kosovo, is to provide 100 million euros. However, there has...
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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Turkey's chief prosecutor has appeared before the country's constitutional court calling for the governing AK party to be closed down, accusing it of trying to establish an Islamic state. The party was founded by Turkish Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan and won a landslide victory at the last election. Critics of the AKP say it is threatening Turkey's secular state, calling on the party's attempt...
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European Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Among the things that have to be resolved before it can join the EU: Founded...
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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
The European Union's enlargement commissioner has said that Serbia had a real chance for a pro-European government. Olli REHN said he was still awaiting a formal announcement that the Socialist Party had agreed to join a pro-EU leaning alliance. The Serbian Socialists voted on Monday to form a government with their one-time foes and EU-leaning coalition led by President Boris Tadic. The move ended...
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Macedonia Daily.org (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
National. Macedonia now needs a constructive dialogue between all political players as well as consensus for completion of the reforms necessary for the European integration of the country, EU Enlargement Commissioner's spokesperson said today. Olli REHN's spokesperson Krisztina Nagy gave this statement in the context of the situation in Macedonia following the parliamentary elections. "Commissioner...
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Opinio Juris (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Very encouraging news out of Serbia -- Stojan Zupljanin, the commander of the Bosnian police during the war, has been arrested and will be handed over to the ICTY for...
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Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
EU enlargement commissioner Olli REHN has signalled that Bulgaria could see a suspension of millions of euros in EU aid over persistent shortcomings in the fight against organised crime, in what could be the first ever such move by Brussels' against a member state. The European Commission is preparing a monitoring report on the southeast Balkan country to be published early July, as part of the close...
