Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has welcomed the decision to send European Commission observers to monitor the local elections in Kosovo. “We are firmly focused on having free, fair and democratic elections, with turnout as high as possible and the acceptance of high democratic standards, the building of a new …

A “mini Dayton” is getting under way at the Butmir base near Sarajevo attended by officials from the EU and U.S., and the most influential Bosnian leaders. The meeting began with an informal working dinner, where, according to unofficial reports, Bosnian leaders were presented with a set of measures to …

The informal meeting of foreign ministers of South-East European Cooperation Process will begin in Istanbul on Friday. The informal meeting of foreign ministers of South-East European Cooperation Process will begin in Istanbul on Friday. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will host the two-day meeting. Foreign Ministers and deputy prime ministers …

Macedonian Parliamentary Delegation will participate in OSCE meetings set to be held from 9 to 11 October in Greece. Head of Delegation Parliamentarian Andrej Petrov (SDSM) will be accompanied by Vladimir Gjorcev (VMRO-DPMNE) and Hisen Dzemaili (DUI).

Work over settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict continues and the parties are discussing issues which have not been approved yet, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 …

Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Temur Yakobashvili is confident that Georgia will always be a subject of discussion at the highest level not only between Russia and the U.S, but also between Russia and the international community. Commenting on the upcoming meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and …

The NATO follows its position and does not intend to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia, NATO Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia, Robert Simmons said after a meeting in the Georgian Foreign Ministry on October 9. Simmons met with Deputy Foreign Minister Georgi Bokeria and discussed …

Laws in Macedonia are not democratic enough, Bulgaria’s Minister of Bulgarian residents abroad, Bozhidar Dimitrov, said to journalists, commenting on the Spaska Mitrova case.

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister has made it clear he will not nominate former Tsar Simeon Saxe-Coburg for the race for the soon-to-be-created post of European Union President. Boyko Borisov, who once served as a bodyguard to the former Tsar and Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg, vehemently opposed the suggestion made earlier in the …

Leader of Greek socialist party PASOK, Georgios Papandreou, who is the new Prime Minister of the country after winning the October 4 general elections, is to arrive Friday in Istanbul to take part in the informal meeting of the foreign ministers in the South East European Co-operation Process (SEECP).