BRUSSELS, Belgium/LJUBLJANA, Slovenia EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn pledged on Friday (May 15th) the EU will continue seeking a compromise solution to the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute, despite Slovenia’s attempt to revise his latest proposal. “It makes no sense to give up since we have almost reached the goal,” Rehn told …

ANKARA, Turkey Turkish security forces killed early on Saturday (May 16th) seven militants of the outlawed separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Siirt, the army said in a statement. One village guard was also killed and another was injured in the fighting in the district of …

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands The Hague war crimes tribunal (ICTY) prosecution seeks life sentence for the Serbian cousins Milan and Sredoje Lukic, ICTY announced on Friday (May 15th). They two are charged with torturing, terrorising and killing about 150 people in attacks targeting non-Serb civilians in the area of Visegrad …

PRISTINA, Kosovo The Kosovo parliament approved the appointment of the country’s first constitutional judges on Friday (May 15th), media reported. They include four Albanians, a Serb, and a Turk. Kosovo’s constitutional court will have a total of nine judges. The remaining three judges will be foreigners, named by Peter Feith, …

Foreign Ministers from the 27 European Union (EU) member states opened their monthly meeting in Brussels on Monday morning to prepare for the EU-Russia summit later this week, and international issues including the latest development in Moldova, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Iran and Georgia. The EU-Russia summit is scheduled to be …

BUCHAREST Romania will not stop upholding the idea that the Republic of Moldova must be included in the European Union (EU), irrespective of how the relations between the two countries will develop, said President Traian Basescu on Friday. Basescu made the remark in Piatra Neamt of northeastern Romania when attending …

Bosnian Ministry of Security has asked Interpol to call off international arrest warrants reportedly issued by Serbia against a number of former Bosnian leaders who Belgrade accuses of being involved in an attack on Yugoslav Army soldiers in 1992. Serbian authorities opened up an investigation into the so-called “Dobrovoljacka street” …

Croatia’s ruling Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, and its partner won the majority of seats in 14 county assemblies, incomplete preliminary results of local elections show. The State Election Commission said the Democratic Party, SDP won a majority of seats in five of the assemblies, and the Istrian Democratic Party one …

Tough talking Bosnian Serb leader, Milorad Dodik, infamous for his radical rhetoric, appeared to have softened his positions somewhat during a meeting Sunday with Bosnia’s top international envoy, Valentin Inzko. Displaying a rarely affable mood, Dodik pledged cooperation from the government and parliament of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika …

US Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Kosovo, Bosnia and Serbia next week is awaited with mixed emotions, much anticipation and some high hopes. The visit is seen as proof that President Barack Obama’s administration is ready to take a more active role in the Balkans in order to strengthen …