UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz visited Sarajevo on Monday (April 11th) for talks with BiH Presidency Chairman Nebojsa Radmanovic and BiH presidency member Bakir Izetbegovic. The visit preceded Brammertz’s report on co-operation by former Yugoslav countries that he is due to submit to the UN Security Council …

The European Parliament will vote a resolution on Bulgaria’s Schengen entry on June 4 2011, the EP rapporteur on the subject, Portuguese MEP Carlos Coelho, announced Monday in Brussels. “Bulgaria has covered the necessary technical criteria better than some of the states already in the Agreement,” Coelho said. He prepared …

European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele wrapped up a regional tour promoting EU integration after stops in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Montenegro and Macedonia. It began Friday (April 8th) in Sarajevo where Barroso reiterated “BiH should have a European future,” after a meeting …

EU Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia Miroslav Lajcak will temporarily act as the bloc’s special representative in Kosovo after the mandate of Pieter Feith expires at the end

The Croatian government on Friday (April 8th) denied it is responsible for the cancelation of a planned visit by a Russian delegation led by Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko. Local media

Macedonia and Kosovo will sign a criminal law agreement, the Macedonian media reported. Macedonian Justice Minister Mihajlo Manevski and his Kosovan counterpart Hajredin Kuci are due to sign on Friday agreements on mutual help in criminal cases, extradition and transfer of convicts.

The European Parliament (EP) requires immediate start of the pre-accession talks with Macedonia and expressed its pity that the Council of the EU has not observed the recommendations of the EP and of the European Commission (EC). This is the basic message in the EP resolution for Macedonia, passed in …

The NATO representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia on Thursday described the alliance’s relations with Georgia as “going in the right direction.” Now both sides needed to reinforce the success, said James Appathurai, former NATO spokesman and now the NATO secretary-general’s special representative for the Caucasus and Centra Asia.

EULEX has arrested a Kosovo Serb on a suspicion of war crimes committed in 1999. The detainee is Zoran Kolic, a member of the leadership of the Independent Liberal Party. EULEX announced that one person had been arrested in relation with a war crimes investigation.

Kosovo’s government and the main opposition party have reached agreement on a presidential candidate, staving off fears that the government might collapse. Atifete Jahjaga, the deputy director of Kosovo police, has been named as the new candidate after several rounds of talks on Wednesday night between the ruling