The capability to hold democratic elections has to be proven on May 8th, when Albania will hold local elections, Albanian President Bamir Topi told foreign ambassadors in Tirana. He met on Wednesday (March 16th) with

The head of the EU delegation to Serbia, Vincent Degert, said on Wednesday (March 16th) that the European Commission (EC) will present its opinion on the country’s EU membership application by October 12th. Degert attended a meeting of EU ambassadors in Smederevo. EU expert missions are visiting Belgrade to assess …

European Parliament (EP) members backed a draft resolution Wednesday (March 16th) calling for the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia. The resolution, drafted by EP Rapporteur Zoran Thaler, was adopted in

Fatmir Limaj, an MP and former transport minister, was questioned last night by EULEX prosecutors over war crimes allegedly committed in Kosovo during the 1999 war. Limaj was questioned as part of an operation by EULEX officers and Kosovo police on Wednesday, in which they arrested twelve persons on suspicion …

Turkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday that Turkey had no other goal in its geography than peace, democracy and law. He said that  Turkey was not after power and domination, and it did not have different intentions.

A Croatian woman accused of war crimes in Bosnia has been arrested in the US state of Kentucky. Azra Basic, a Croatian who lives in Kentucky, is accused of torturing and murdering Serbs at prison camps in Bosnia from April to June 1992.

The EULEX police arrested on Wednesday in Kosovo eight people, while one was arrested abroad. The operation came in connection with the investigation into war crimes against Kosovo Serbs and Albanians committed in 1999, the EU mission in Kosovo said.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that relations between Turkey and Russia are swiftly improving, based as they are on deep roots that extend back decades. “Turkish-Russian relations dating back to long ago are taking confident steps toward the future, diversifying into the fields of economy, politics, military …

A delegation led by Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, Mr. Ramaz Nikolaishvili will be visiting Armenia on March 17 and 18, 2011. According to the press office of the Armenian Ministry of Transport and

Bosnia’s Social Democrats have announced they will begin the official formation of the Federation government today without main Croat parties, who have suggested they will request early elections. The constituent session of the House of Peoples in Bosnia’s mainly Bosniak-Croat Federation