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Monday, 15 December 2008 21:10 |
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Montenegro on Monday (15 December) presented its official application for EU membership to current EU President Nicolas Sarkozy, hoping to win EU candidate country status some time next year.
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 01:00 |
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The Balkan is one of the safest regions in the world and, contrary to popular opinion, the level of crime against people and property are actually lower here than in Western Europe, according to a recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). |
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Friday, 11 April 2008 22:33 |
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The lower house of parliament of Bosnia-Herzegovina approved last night police reforms, in a bid to move the country a step closer to membership of the European Union. |
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 01:54 |
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Newspaper ads promising Bosnian students easy college degrees seemed too good to be true. The cost: $4,600 for a bachelors degree, $4,800 for a masters and $5,800 for a Ph.D. As it turns out, the degrees are legal, but mostly worthless. |
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Tuesday, 04 December 2007 22:16 |
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The European Commission initialized a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with BiH today (Tuesday, December 4th), in light of a decision by the country's politicians to pursue reforms suggested by the EU, primary police reform. |
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Monday, 03 December 2007 21:51 |
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On a global scale, all Southeast European (SEE) economies, except for Croatia and particularly Turkey, have become less competitive than they were a year ago, according to the Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008, issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on October 31st. |
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 21:13 |
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Bosnia’s state and entity institutions have been condemned for their weak and ineffective performance in a report compiled by a local non-governmental organization. For example, Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina has effectively worked for only 11 and a half days in the past 10 months, while out of a planned 135 laws, only 21 were passed. |
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Wednesday, 21 November 2007 01:00 |
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Human rights groups are calling on President Traian Basescu to veto new privacy legislation that some say is meant to protect officials from investigative reporters. |
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Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:48 |
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Unanimously adopting resolution the UN Security Council (UN SC) at Wednesday (Nov. 21) authorized for a further 12 months the EUFOR mandated to ensure continued compliance with the Dayton Peace Agreement. Also, UN SC recognized the right of EUFOR and NATO to take all necessary measures to defend themselves from attacks or threats, including use of force. |
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Tuesday, 20 November 2007 00:39 |
 If freedom of the media is a mirror of democratic processes, the region's reflection in that mirror is not so good. Most monitoring organisations confirm this.Reporters in the region face a number of obstacles - including violence and the threat of prosecution - that hinder them from doing their jobs. Particular examples dramatize just how unsatisfactory the situation still remains. |
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