On the second day of his visit to Bosnia, EU envoy Miroslav Lajcak will meet Serb officials and address a controversial referendum on cooperation with the state court. Lajcak, an envoy of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, spoke with Croat and Bosniak leaders on Thursday and urged the rapid …
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RS will not drop referendum plan
Republika Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik said on Thursday (April 28th) that Serbia should not interfere in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) political situation but the country, as a guarantor of the Dayton Peace
Read More »Belgrade court upholds Vujanovic’s sentence
The Appeals Court in Belgrade upheld on Wednesday the 20-year sentence given to former deputy commander of Serb forces in Vukovar, Stanko Vujanovic, for war crimes against Croat military prisoners of war. Vujanovic was convicted of participating in the November 1991 murder of an estimated 200 Croats at the Ovcara …
Read More »The head of the EU delegation in Albania, Ettore Sequi: Albania’s EU membership requires reforms, free elections
The head of the EU delegation in Albania, Ettore Sequi, said on Wednesday that Albania needs to commit to reforms in order to move ahead in its EU integration bid. “For Albania to become an EU member, it
Read More »Romanian President Traian Basescu is optimistic about Romania’s Schengen entry in 2011
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday on national television TVR he is optimistic about the country’s Schengen entry in 2011, adding accession to the EU’s border-free area is not a failed objective for the country.
Read More »Moldova’s Acting President Marian Lupu to visit Romania on April 28
Head of Parliament and Acting President of Moldova Marian Lupu goes on an official two-day visit to Romania on April 28, at the invitation of Romania’s President Traian Basescu.
Read More »Serbian PM says Belgrade doen’t have a new policy on Kosovo
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic stated on Wednesday that Belgrade does not have a new policy on the Kosovo issue. Replying to reporters’ question as to the statement by the head of Serbia’s negotiating team Borko Stefanović regarding division
Read More »Serbia wants independent organ trade investigation in Kosovo
Serbia wants an independent investigation into human organ trafficking in Kosovo, Serbian Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric said. Commenting on a proposal that the UN Security Council form a body that would be tasked with the investigation, which will be discussed mid-May, he said that the U.S., Great Britain, …
Read More »Georgia, Russia to discuss again about WTO membership
Georgia and Russia are scheduled to open their next round of talks on Russia’s membership in the World Trade Organization in the Swiss city of Bern. The negotiations start on Thursday and finish a day later.
Read More »Romania and Armenia discuss cooperation in the field field of transport and communication
Armenian Minister of Transport and Communication Manuk Vardanyan received Romanian Ambassador to Armenia Crina Rodica Prunariu to discuss programs of cooperation.
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