Constitutional Court orders release of 89-year-old former interior minister, detained over killings that took place in 1945. Boljkovac was released from custody on Tuesday evening after the court upheld an appeal from Boljkovac’s attorney, Anto Nobilo.
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Armenia and Georgia sign cooperation agreements
At the sidelines of Serge Sargsyan’s visit to Georgia, a top-level meeting of delegations of the two countries attended by, apart from the President of Armenia, Armenian Economy Minister Tigran Davtyan and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan was held on Tuesday.
Read More »EU to discuss Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen accession on December 9
The EU summit on December 9 will discuss Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen bid. In September the Netherlands and Finland blocked the two countries’ entry into the passport-free Schengen Area. Technically both Romania and Bulgaria are fit to join, but the Netherlands and Finland imposed a veto over corruption issues in …
Read More »U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visits Greece to discuss Cyprus
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will travel on Sunday to Athens, where he will deliver symbolically important support to Greece’s new Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. He will also meet with President Karolos Papoulias and the leaders of the two largest Greek political parties. Biden is expected to discuss Cyprus and …
Read More »Many people injured in North Kosovo clashes
At least 25 NATO soldiers have been injured in the last 24 hours in clashes with Serbs in northern Kosovo after peacekeepers moved in to take down barricades blocking roads. The violent confrontations have raised fears that tensions are spinning out of control in the Serb-run enclave on the border …
Read More »Nikola Gruevski sends letter to Greek PM urging him to end EU accession blockade
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has written to his recently elected Greek counterpart, Lucas Papademos, urging him to lift the three-year-long Greek blockade of Macedonia’s EU accession talks.
Read More »Serbs shoot two NATO soldiers in North Kosovo
Kosovo Serbs shot and wounded two soldiers from the NATO-led KFOR force stationed in northern Kosovo during clashes on Monday. The violence erupted after KFOR seized control of a roadblock in Zupce on the Mitrovica-Brnjak road, the latest incident between the peacekeepers and Serbs. “The demonstrators used small firearms, wounding …
Read More »Serbian Parliamentary Committee to discuss Kosovo
The Parliamentary Committee on Kosovo-Metohija is expected to meet today and discuss the results of the latest round of the Belgrade-Priština dialogue.
Read More »Romania and Armenia pledge to boost ties
Armenian Foreign Affairs Minister Edward Nalbandyan has met visiting Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Theodore Bakonski on a recent visit to Armenia. Nalbandyan said that the traditional friendship between the two countries created a favourable ground for the further
Read More »Turkey offered to open ports for Cyprus
Turkey offered to bow to EU demands and open its ports, airports and airspace to Greek Cyprus under what it called a “Taiwanese-style” diplomatic arrangement to help drive Cyprus reunification talks resuming on Monday under UN pressure for a breakthrough.
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