In October 2009 the President downgraded the formal status of the Russian language in Tajikistan.
EUROPEAN Union leaders were expected this week to grant Montenegro the formal status of candidate.
The European Commission's plans have formal status, however, and will start the bloc's legislative process.
The question of the detainees' formal status has stalled the entire war crimes system and frustrated administration officials.
These private operators, once illegal, were given formal status and training to ensure they provide a good quality service.
The groups began as the pro-government militias known as shabiha, some of them given formal status as Popular Committees.
Following the initial finding, NOAA convened a Biological Review Team to initiate a formal status review of the 82 species.
But determining the formal status of the territory would be put off until a review in, say, a year's time.
See articleMacedonia won its much-sought formal status as a candidate for entry into the European Union.
Buried away in its conclusions was one giving Macedonia the formal status of a candidate for membership.
In a response to the Crikey article, Scullion said there were no plans to limit ranger numbers, that the document was internal and without formal status.
