The release of Bosnian Serb war criminal Biljana Plavsic for old age and ‘good behavior’ is an embarrassment to international justice, especially with the self admission that her genocidal remorse was staged, Anes Alic comments for ISN Security Watch. The early release of convicted war criminal Biljana Plavsic and the …

Nezakonito otpuštenim djelatnicima Obavještajno-sigurnosne agencije BiH (OSA) u zadnje četiri godine isplaćeno je oko 165.000 KM iz dražavnog budžeta na osnovu pravosnažnih sudskih presuda, kaže Dragica Miletić, pravobraniteljica BiH. “Od osnivanja OSA do danas imali smo osam postupaka u kojima je pravnosnažnim sudskim presudama dosuđena isplata ukupno 165.261 KM. Imali …

Greece announced that solving name issue is Macedonia key towards EU integration. Greek PM and Foreign Minister George Papandreou detailed his government’s initiatives during an informal meeting with the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Berlin, Ana-Mpa agency reported.

Croatia is NATO member state and is step before entering EU and therefore will support Macedonia’s EU integration, Croatia’s PM Jadranka Kosor said. Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski and Croatian PM Jadranka Kosor had an open discussion on EU integration, sharing information, discussing the economic cooperation as well as the minority …

The Ambassadors of EU member states in Tirana urge a solution and a compromise for stopping the boycott of the opposition in the Parliament. Western officials send this message yesterday at the 20th anniversary of Berlin wall, in addition to the coming opposition meeting November 20.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is likely to discuss the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and French President Nicolas Sarkozy today. The sides will discuss Russian provocations and the kidnapping of four Georgian teenagers, Saakashvili said at a meeting with the Christian-Democrats parliamentary faction.

Romania’s new prime minister-designate Liviu Negoita unveiled his cabinet yesterday in the hope of ending a month-long political crisis, although it has little chance of winning parliamentary approval before a November 22 presidential election. Opposition groupings, which dominate parliament, rejected a previous nominee of President Traian Basescu last week and …

Relations between Macedonia and Croatia are excellent with no pending issues, Prime Ministers Nikola Gruevski and Jadranka Kosor concluded at the meeting held today. Croatia’s Prime Minister is on a visit to Macedonia. The two Prime Ministers stated that Macedonia and Croatia are both following their way of EU integration. …

Moldova’s Parliament failed to elect a new president for the third time this year. MPs from the Communist Party left the session after refusing to vote for the only candidate for president – Marian Lupu, leader of the Democratic Party.

Serbia’s Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic said that Serbs who plan to vote in Kosovo’s local elections this Sunday should ask themselves whether they are helping Belgrade ”save” Kosovo by doing so. Bogdanovic said that: ”Those Serbs who would take part in the elections should ask themselves whether they are …