The US Ambassador in Tirana, John L Withers, on Monday appealed to Albanian citizens from the town of Berat to apply for new identity cards so they can vote in the June 28 parliamentary elections. The appeal follows a similar call made last week by the head of the OSCE …

Serbia’s government is funding a new construction project in Kosovo, paving a road in the southern Brezovica ski resort. Brezovica is located in the municipality of Shterpce, which is home to a significant Serb minority. The Kosovo daily Express reported that Serbia’s ministry of economy and finance had set aside …

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said a resolution proposed by Saudi Arabia calling on Islamic countries to recognise Kosovo had not been accepted at the meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Damascus. “Syria, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Algeria and some other countries submitted amendments to that proposal so that the …

Warsaw, POLAND Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and his Romanian counterpart Cristian Diaconescu discussed here on Wednesday the bilateral relations, latest developments in Moldova and energy security. 

Upon the initiative of Union of Armenians in Romania and RA Embassy, the Writer’s Union of Romania hosted the presentation of Contemporary Armenian Fiction Antalogy.

Vice President Joseph Biden during a special session at Kosovo’s parliament, during which President Fatmir Sejdiu decorated him with the Medal of Liberty for his contribution towards securing his country’s independence. “I want to thank you for one of the greatest honours in my career, the Medal of Liberty,” said …

US Vice President Joseph Biden touched down in Kosovo Thursday, to a rapturous welcome from a people grateful for US support in their struggle for independence. Large billboards saying “Welcome Vice President and Thank you” lined Pristina’s streets in anticipation of his arrival. US flags, along with the new Kosovo …

The Serbian Orthodox Church has overruled an earlier announcement by the of Bishop Artemije of Raska and Prizren, and has decided to endorse US Vice President Joseph Biden’s visit to Kosovo’s Visoki Decani monastery Thursday. Controversy began when the Raska and Prizren Diocese told media Wednesday that Artemije harshly criticised …

Efforts by Moldova’s Communist Party to keep its leader, Vladimir Voronin, in a position of power suffered a setback on Wednesday when his protegee was rejected as presidential candidate in a parliamentary vote. Voronin, president since 2001, cannot seek a third term in office; but he has secured the position …

The original proposal by EU commissioner for enlargement, Olli Rehn, for the solving of the border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia, is bad for Slovenia, but that is the consequence of the poorer actions by Pahor’s government in relation to the previous government, a Slovenian member of parliament, Milan Zver, …