Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor briefed visiting British Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke on Wednesday (April 13th) about efforts to reform the judiciary. She assured him that the government is committed to fighting corruption and strengthening the rule of law. Kosor reiterated that Croatia’s aim is to wrap up its EU …

EU Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia Miroslav Lajcak said on Wednesday (April 13th) that Kosovo’s partition is not a topic of discussion for the EU. A new round of Belgrade-Pristina talks will be held before Easter, April 24th, Lajcak told the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee in Brussels.

Stefano Sannino, the EU’s deputy director-general for external relations, began a two-day visit to Tirana on Wednesday (April 13th) to discuss the country’s European integration progress. Sannino participated in a meeting

National Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia is to be dissolved today by the chairman of parliament Trajko Veljanovski. Dissolution of parliament was made possible after it was elected President of the State Election Commission for early parliamentary elections – Boris Kondarko and was voted amendments to the electoral laws. …

The RS parliament voted in favor of a decision to call a referendum where citizens would declare their support for the laws enacted by the high representative. This in particular concerned those referring to the court and the prosecutor’s office.

The head of the Russian delegation to PACE has called for the Georgian side to restart dialogue, while comparing the 2008 Georgia-Russia conflict to the current international effort in Libya. Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Russian delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of

A delegation of the Council of Europe (CoE) has offered support to the Albanian Central Election Commission (CEC) to help ensure required standards are met during the May 8th local elections. Led by Hana Richtermocova, the

The prosecutor’s office in Osijek has pressed charges against two former members of the Yugoslav National Army for war crimes committed against Croatian civilians and prisoners of war in Serbia in 1991-1992, media

The state prosecutor’s office asked the Justice Ministry on Tuesday (April 12th) to request the extradition of Bozidar Vucurevic, the wartime mayor of the Bosnian town of Trebinje. Serbian police arrested him on April 4th at

The Republic of Moldova’s Acting President and Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu, who is on a visit to Brussels this week, was received by President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek on Tuesday. The interlocutors discussed situation in Moldova, progress of the negotiations on the EU-Moldova Association Agreement