Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu met on Wednesday (March 30th) as part of ongoing direct talks aimed at reunifying the divided island. This round focused on internal security issues and was attended by UN special representative for Cyprus Lisa Buttenheim, who said afterwards it was …

The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board wrapped up two days of meetings in Sarajevo on Wednesday (March 30th) expressing deep concern that six months after the October 3rd general elections, BiH still

The second round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina has led to some progress, although not within the expectations of Serbia. According to the head of the Serbian delegation Borislav Stefanovic there is progress on issues related to the cadastre and birth certificates.

Finland’s President Tarja Halonen has arrived here for a two-day visit and is holding meetings with Serbia’s top officials. She was welcomed with a ceremony in front of the Palace of Serbia, and is meeting with SerbianPresident Boris Tadić. Finland’s President is also to meet Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković …

Top EU official Stefan Fule warned Albania’s feuding political parties on Wednesday that failure to resolve the nearly two-year long political crisis is stopping the country’s EU progress dead in its tracks. “If a solution is not found the [European] Commission will find it very hard to provide a positive …

Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi insists that Kosovo should request that Serbia return of original civil registry books, instead of copies as Belgrade has suggested. “For us, copies of the civil registry books have no value,”

The Serbian authorities have decided to postpone elections for the Bosniak (Muslim) National Council, previously set to take place on April 17. This was announced on Wednesday in Belgrade by Local Administration and Human and Minority Rights Minister Milan Marković.

The leader of opposition Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) Branko Crvenkovski announced that his party would participate in the upcoming elections. “Nikola Gruevski (The Prime Minister) does not wish for a fair and democratic elections to take place. He wants no opposition at the elections, but we will not …

Skop Businessman Iliya Gechev from Kavadartsi is one of the names that would most likely be elected by Macedonia’s opposition for the Prime Ministerial post. The rest candidates are former minister for Euro Integration and former leader of the party of the Social Democracy Union of Macedonia (SDSM) Radmila Sekrerisnka …

The Constitutional Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) is expected to rule Wednesday (March 30th) on the formation of authorities in the entity. Outgoing FBiH President Borjana Kristo filed a motion