A senior leader of the main Bosnian Serb Opposition Party was shot and killed in his party headquarters in the northern town of Doboj, media reported on Monday, stirring new speculations and controversies. Branislav Garic, 43, was Deputy President of the Serb Democratic Party, SDS. He was also the head …

Macedonia prepares for closer ties to Kosovo, by establishing full diplomatic relations with its neighbour. An unnamed high level source in the ruling ethnic Albanian political party of Macedonia, told local media on Wednesday. A political move over which Belgrade could possibly become estranged, was announced shortly after the announcement …

Students nationwide intensify their protests for free higher level education, as more towns rally and join the cause. The protests continues even after the Faculty of Philosophy was closed down by students last week, who have organized themselves in actions which demonstrate their demand for free higher education. They have …

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe should decide tomorrow on whether to support European integration of Serbia, according to Radio Deutche Welle. The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly is scheduled for tomorrow, and up for discussion will be whether or not to adopt certain resolutions and recommendations that …

Autor: Dan Dungaciu „O cercetare a istoriei contorsionate a acestui teritoriu ne ajută să înţelegem originile acestei confuzii legate de identitatea moldovenească… Problemele identităţii moldoveneşti trec dincolo de geografie şi cetăţenie; ajung chiar la nivelul limbii şi al conştiinţei”. (Louis O’Neil, „The World Street Journal”, 21 aprilie 2009) Poticnirea Bruxellesului …

Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO – Kantonalni sud u Sarajevu potvrdio je jučer optužnicu protiv Nedžada Brankovića i Edhema Bičakčića, aktuelnog i nekadašnjeg premijera FBiH, zbog nezakonite kupovine stana. Sud BiH dan ranije je također potvrdio optužnicu protiv Edhema Bičakčića i Dragana Čovića, nekadašnjeg premijera odnosno ministra finansija i zamjenika premijera …

The Montenegrin Association of Political Science Students (MAPSS) on Friday supported their colleagues from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Zagreb who are protesting, demanding the cancellation of education fees and a review of the Bologna process. – We support the students of the Faculty of Political Sciences in Zagreb …

STRASBOURG, France EU membership prospects drive stability and reform in the Western Balkans, the European Parliament (EP) said in a report published on Friday (April 24th). It stressed that full-fledged EU membership of countries that have met the Copenhagen criteria should not be prolonged or rejected. It warned that different …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) The state court in Sarajevo on Friday (April 24th) pressed charges against former Federation of BiH (FBiH) Prime Minister Edhem Bicakcic and former Finance Minister Dragan Covic for embezzling nearly 4m euros. Investigators say that between 1999 and 2000, when the pair were in office, …

BUCHAREST, Romania Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu met on Friday (April 24th) with outgoing NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, to discuss NATO’s presence in Afghanistan and Kosovo as part of the KFOR mission, as well as the future of strategic projects in the Black Sea and the Balkans region.