Macedonia should continue with reforms aimed at securing NATO and EU membership, Turkish EU Minister Egemen Bagis said Friday (March 25th) after meeting Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration Vasko Naumovski in Skopje. The two officials welcomed friendly relations between their countries and lauded their ongoing co-operation in the field …

Belgrade has a red line it will not cross in its talks with Priština, head of the Serbian team for the talks Borislav Stefanović said. The line is not to recognize the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration of independence or agree to let northern, predominantly Serb-inhabited area of Kosovo come under

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and Kosovo counterpart Behgjet Pacolli on Wednesday (March 23rd) reaffirmed their countries’ friendly bilateral ties. Ivanov said Macedonia is ready to support Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic bids and share its experiences. The two presidents also discussed ways to boost bilateral economic co-operation, during this, Pacolli’s first visit to …

The head of International Civilian Office, Pieter Feith, is encouraging Kosovo institutions to continue decentralisation and start implementing the process in the Serb-dominated north as well. After a meeting Wednesday

RS President Milorad Dodik has stated that spoke with Russian PM Vladimir Putin about the political situation in the Serb entity and Bosnia-Herzegovina. They also discussed economic cooperation, according to Dodik. The two met in Belgrade on Wednesday.

Former Bosnian Serb General Dragomir Milosevic was transferred on Tuesday (March 22nd) to Estonia to serve his 29-year sentence for crimes against civilians during the 44-month siege of Sarajevo in 1994-1995. The

Miroslav Lajcak, the EU mediator in efforts to resolve Albania’s political stalemate, reiterated on Tuesday (March 22nd) Brussels’ expectations for the country to move forward. The upcoming May 8th local elections are

The UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) will be in charge of running a population and buildings census in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo. Public Administration Ministry spokesperson Majlinde Sinani-Lulaj said on

The second meeting in scope of the Belgrade-Priština dialogue will be held in Brussels on March 28, the European Commission confirmed on Wednesday. The topics of the talks, according to the announcement, are yet to be defined with Belgrade and Priština.

Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says that Belgrade’s stance is that Kosovo institutions cannot conduct a population and property census in Serb enclaves. Priština authorities did not agree to an UN-monitored census south of the Ibar River and the UN only agreed to take census in the northern part …