Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said that Skopje needs to look at the future from a different angle. Borisov wonders whether going back in history is the best way to go in time when the country needs an economic growth and good infrastructure.
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Official language of Montenegro will be discussed in September
Montenegrin parliament will hold a session on September 2 which should see adoption of the bill amending the law on general education. In line with the agreement reached between opposition leaders and Prime Minister Igor Lukšić, the curriculum should provide teaching in Serbian, as well as compulsory courses in the …
Read More »Macedonia tightens EU timetable
Macedonia’s name dispute with Greece must not be used as an excuse for failing to fulfil EU reforms, the country’s minister in charge for EU affairs says. During her first adress before the Parliamentary Commission on the EU, Teuta Arifi announced a September 5 deadline for all ministries to complete …
Read More »Karadzic says he didn’t controlled the soldiers who committed war crimes
Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic told the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Thursday he had no control over paramilitary groups which committed crimes in Bosnia’s bloody1992-1995 war.
Read More »Czech FM: Balkan countries problems can’t be solved, unless they join the EU
Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said that all countries in the West Balkans should join the EU after Croatia’s accession. “Until all Balkan countries are accessed, the EU will continue having a neighbouring timebomb,” Schwarzenberg remarked.
Read More »German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Serbia on August 23
It does not seem realistic that Serbia will get a date for the beginning of the EU accession negotiations, says Serbian Ambassador to Germany Ognjen Pribićević. He has assessed that German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will visit Belgrade on August 23, will not bring an ultimatum to Serbia.
Read More »Haradinaj to face retrial for Kosovo war crimes
The retrial of former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj for war crimes begins today in The Hague. Ramush Haradinaj, Lahi Ibrahimaj and Idriz Balaj were returned to the International Criminal Tribunal
Read More »Serbian Ambassador in Podgorica says Montenegro has anti-Serbia campaign
Serbian Ambassador in Podgorica, Zoran Lutovac, has insisted that Montenegro is again leading an inappropriate campaign against Serbia while its politicians debate a new election law.
Read More »Belgrade-Pristina to hold negotiations in Brussels on September 2
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic says the next round of talks between Serbia and Kosovo will take place September 2 in Brussels. The Belgrade-Pristina talks mandated by the European Union began in March, but stalled last month after Kosovo imposed a ban on imports from
Read More »Georgia makes concession for Russia to join WTO
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergi Kapanadze stated that the deployment of international monitors in trade corridors and border-crossing points would secure the transparency of customs administration and enable
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