A junior partner in Moldova’s coalition government says it is ready to accept a castling between acting President Marian Lupu and Prime Minister Vlad Filat as a way out of the country’s prolonged political deadlock. That proposed change to the coalition agreement by the Liberal Party would entail its leader, …

One of the four municipality mayors in northern Kosovo expected to decide on the removal of barricades near the border has told press he won’t authorise this. Krstimir Pantic, the mayor of Mitrovica, said that Serbs would remain at the barricade near the village of Rudare until their requests had …

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle gave Croatia as a good example for the rest of the countries in the West Balkans, which aim at joining the European Union (EU). Westerwelle welcomed Croatia’s positive efforts and the discipline. “Everyone can see Croatia’s model – a country that makes efforts and follows …

Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Miroslav Naydenov is to meet with Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Industry Mimoza Kusari-Lila, who is on a visit to Bulgaria at Naydenov’s invitation, the press office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food announced. The two ministers will discuss …

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met in Thursday in Priština with Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci. Westerwelle said that the agreement on resolution of the crisis in the north of Kosovo should be implemented by all sides and that the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština ought to be continued as …

The situation in north Kosovo is calming down and the agreement on the north should soon be fully prepared, KFOR Commander Erhard Buhler said on Wednesday. After a meeting with UNMIK Regional Representative Anil Vasisht, Buhler said that a number of points of the agreement for the north had already …

Serbians started removing barricades in North Kosovo. Trucks and heavy mechanization was removed last night from the road to Yarine border checkpoint. Mayor of Leposavic Municipality Brznko Ninic stated that removal of barricades is part of the agreement reached between Serbia and KFOR.

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Bulgaria in September 2011. Erdogan will hold talks with Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, President Georgi Purvanov and other top officials, the reports said. On the agenda will be bilateral relations and the Nabucco energy project.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has called on the EU, NATO and the UN to prevent Priština from taking control over parts where Serbs are the majority by force. “Unfortunately, it is very likely that despite the agreement on refraining from military from August 5, Priština might

Macedonian politicians and dignitaries are expected to attend the ten year anniversary of the 2001 Ohrid Peace Accord on Saturday. The deal, which was signed on 13 August 2001, in the lake resort of Ohrid in southwestern Macedonia, ended almost a year of armed