W # 89-Dated 11th – 17th Oct. 09’
SOUTHERN EUROPE
The international watchdog group Human Rights Watch urged the EU on Monday (October 12th) to press Greece's new socialist government into ending the ‘shabby treatment of illegal immigrants’. Also the new 300-seat Greek parliament was sworn in on Wednesday (October 14th) with Prime Minister George
Papandreou, whose PASOK party won a convincing victory in the October 4th snap elections.
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
The European Commission (EC) in its annual progress report on the Western Balkans and Turkey says Croatia could wrap up its membership talks in 2010, but the other Balkan countries have more work to do. In the meanwhile the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Friday (October 9th) that a total of 30 states and Kosovo will take part in public hearings on the legality of Pristina's independence this December. Also The European Commission's (EC) progress report on Kosovo noted that Serbia is managing parallel institutions in the young country and that the government does not control its own territory. In the meanwhile Representatives of several NGOs staged a protest Sunday (October 11th) outside the Serbian government building demanding July 11th be proclaimed a day of remembrance marking the Srebrenica genocide.
In Albania Thousands of opposition supporters took part in a rally in Tirana on Saturday (October 10th) against what they described as "manipulation" of the June 28th general elections on the part of the ruling Democratic Party of Prime Minister Sali Berisha.
According to media sources the Council of Europe's Venice Commission believes the controversial Albanian Lustration Law, that bans from government service anyone who worked for the communist-era secret police, violates the Albanian Constitution.
While in Macedonia more than 90% support their country's Euro-Atlantic and European integration efforts, according to a new survey by the International Republican Institute (IRI).
The Bulgarian government is backing out of a deal to buy four battleships -- corvettes -- from France. The billion-euro deal was struck by the previous Bulgarian cabinet but the global financial crisis and the country’s own budget deficit has prompted the cancellation.
In Romania the government collapsed last week, Tuesday (October 13th) as parliament approved a no-confidence motion filed by a group of opposition parties on October 6th. This is the first time in Romania's post-communist history that a government has been ousted in a no-confidence procedure.
Expert teams from the United States and the EU arrived in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH), on Monday (October 12th) to prepare for the next round of talks with party leaders aimed at breaking the longstanding political stalemate. Also the UN General Assembly elected on Thursday (October 15th) Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as a non-permanent member of the Security Council alongside Brazil, Nigeria, Gabon and Lebanon.
The international watchdog group Human Rights Watch urged the EU on Monday (October 12th) to press Greece's new socialist government into ending the ‘shabby treatment of illegal immigrants’. Also the new 300-seat Greek parliament was sworn in on Wednesday (October 14th) with Prime Minister George
Papandreou, whose PASOK party won a convincing victory in the October 4th snap elections.SOUTHEAST EUROPE
The European Commission (EC) in its annual progress report on the Western Balkans and Turkey says Croatia could wrap up its membership talks in 2010, but the other Balkan countries have more work to do. In the meanwhile the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Friday (October 9th) that a total of 30 states and Kosovo will take part in public hearings on the legality of Pristina's independence this December. Also The European Commission's (EC) progress report on Kosovo noted that Serbia is managing parallel institutions in the young country and that the government does not control its own territory. In the meanwhile Representatives of several NGOs staged a protest Sunday (October 11th) outside the Serbian government building demanding July 11th be proclaimed a day of remembrance marking the Srebrenica genocide.
In Albania Thousands of opposition supporters took part in a rally in Tirana on Saturday (October 10th) against what they described as "manipulation" of the June 28th general elections on the part of the ruling Democratic Party of Prime Minister Sali Berisha.
According to media sources the Council of Europe's Venice Commission believes the controversial Albanian Lustration Law, that bans from government service anyone who worked for the communist-era secret police, violates the Albanian Constitution.
While in Macedonia more than 90% support their country's Euro-Atlantic and European integration efforts, according to a new survey by the International Republican Institute (IRI).
The Bulgarian government is backing out of a deal to buy four battleships -- corvettes -- from France. The billion-euro deal was struck by the previous Bulgarian cabinet but the global financial crisis and the country’s own budget deficit has prompted the cancellation.
In Romania the government collapsed last week, Tuesday (October 13th) as parliament approved a no-confidence motion filed by a group of opposition parties on October 6th. This is the first time in Romania's post-communist history that a government has been ousted in a no-confidence procedure.
Expert teams from the United States and the EU arrived in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH), on Monday (October 12th) to prepare for the next round of talks with party leaders aimed at breaking the longstanding political stalemate. Also the UN General Assembly elected on Thursday (October 15th) Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as a non-permanent member of the Security Council alongside Brazil, Nigeria, Gabon and Lebanon.
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Business and Politics in the Muslim World (BPM)refers to the project entitled, "Globalized Business and Politics: A View from the Muslim World.' The blog development project has been undertaken and jointly developed by the Gilani Research Foundation and BPM as a free resource and social discussion tool.
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