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Indictments against 5 Serbs

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 12:55

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - An indictment by the Kosovo Special Prosecutor's Office against five Serbs lists a war crime committed during the war in Kosovo, in April 1999, and aggravated murder of ethnic Albanians in February 2000.

The accused pleaded not guilty on all counts at the first hearing on Tuesday.

NEWS OF THE DAY - AUGUST 26

Published by Agerpres on Tue, 08/26/2014 - 18:02

*Prime Minister Victor Ponta says a 2005 law on restitution of real estate properties confiscated by the communist regime was the worst harm ever done to Romania.

UDMR's Kelemen: Draft on autonomy is ready; we need new Constitution

Published by Agerpres on Tue, 08/26/2014 - 15:56

Chairman of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) Kelemen Hunor believes that Romania needs a new Constitution and stated that the Constitutional Court of Romania's (CCR) ruling regarding the Constitution revision project shows that "there is no use to just patch up the Constitution".

Oliver Ivanovic pleads not guilty

Published by Tanjug on Tue, 08/26/2014 - 12:56

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Leader of the Citizen Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP) Oliver Ivanovic has pleaded not guilty before the court of first instance in Kosovska Mitrovica on all counts of the indictment for involvement in war crimes in 1999 and 2000.

"I am absolutely not guilty," he replied to judge Roxana Comsa.

Ivanović, other accused Serbs plead not guilty

Published by B92 on Tue, 08/26/2014 - 12:30

Ivanović, other accused Serbs plead not guilty

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Oliver Ivanović has pleaded not guilty before the court of first instance in Kosovska Mitrovica on all counts of the indictment against him.

The Serb politician from northern Kosovo is accused of involvement in war crimes committed in 1999 and 2000.

Romania Seeks Bigger NATO Presence In East Europe

Published by Balkan Insight on Tue, 08/26/2014 - 11:31

Romania's Prime Minister, Victor Ponta, on Monday said that one of his objectives at the upcoming NATO summit in Wales is to obtain a commitment for a “clear NATO military presence" in Romania and the region.

Gov't order on local elected officials' political affiliation an attack on political system (Liberal Iohannis)

Published by Agerpres on Tue, 08/26/2014 - 08:53

The National Liberal Party (PNL, in opposition) leader Klaus Iohannis told B1 TV news channel late on Monday that a planned Government order regarding the political affiliation of the local elected officials would be a big mistake and an attack on the Romanian political system and he underscored the opposition will use all levers to stop such a move.

PM Ponta: Only presidential candidate I am afraid of is myself

Published by Agerpres on Tue, 08/26/2014 - 08:00

PM Victor Ponta says that he is not afraid of any presidential candidate but himself, meaning he might make big errors during the campaign.

'It's myself I must fear most, that is making really big mistakes,' he said on Monday night at ?Romania TV' station.

NEWS OF THE DAY - AUGUST 25

Published by Agerpres on Mon, 08/25/2014 - 18:16

*Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced on Monday that Defence Minister Mircea Dusa and Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean will attend NATO Summit to be held in Wales on Sept. 4 and 5.
Ponta underscored that Romania's objectives at the gathering were set with all the state institutions and they target NATO military presence in Romania.

PSD's Dragnea accuses Iohannis of hypocrisy in regards to law on local elected officials

Published by Agerpres on Mon, 08/25/2014 - 16:06

PSD (Social Democratic Party) executive chairman, Deputy Prime Minister Liviu Dragnea, on Monday told a press conference in Baia Mare (northwestern Romania) that PNL (National Liberal Party) leader Klaus Iohannis is guilty of 'hypocrisy' in regards to the law that would allow local elected officials to change the party they want to be part of, given that he was elected to the Sibi

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