Ibrahim Sulejmani, a 39 year-old former commander of the disbanded Albanian guerrilla force that fought the short lived 2001 Macedonian conflict, has died on Wednesday in a Macedonian prison.The former rebel known by his wartime nickname “Commander Mimi” was found dead in a prison cell in the Stip Prison where …

A group of communist-era prisoners of conscience will hold a rally in front of the parliament on Thursday to protest their treatment by the government.A number of former prisoners started a hunger strike in Tirana on September 25, requesting the government to pay out the compensation that is owed to …

The governments of Serbia and the Serb-dominated entity have agreed series of joint projects, including building three bridges over the river Drina.The governments of Serbia and Republika Srpska, one of the two of Bosnia’s entities, agreed on several projects in the fields of energy, transport, construction and economy, on Tuesday …

The Health Minister is the sixth official of the Romanian cabinet to resign in recent months.Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta became on Tuesday an interim Health Minister, following unexpected resignation of Vasile Cepoi from the cabinet.

The Serbian Constitutional Court has ruled that some aspects of the law that gives the same rights to both the Partisans and the Chetniks are not in accordance with the constitution.Serbia’s Constitutional Court has quashed a number of clauses within the 2005 Law on the Equalisation of Chetniks and Partisans, …

Serbia’s Socialist-led government has expressed its readiness to resume talks with Kosovo at the technical level.

At the trial of Mevlid Jasarevic, who is charged with shooting at the US embassy in Sarajevo last year, a state investigator testified that the defendant’s computer contained photos of weapons and bomb making manuals.Irhad Kos, a witness from the State Investigative and Protection Agency, said that Jasarevic’s computer contained …

On the 21st anniversary of the attack on the Croatian town of Dubrovnik, a Montenegrin NGO has urged the authorities to prosecute Montenegrins who took part in the attack.The Montenegrin NGO, Human Rights Actions, HRA, stated on Sunday that the prosecution of those responsible for the crimes committed during the …

Prince Paul, the controversial Regent who tried to keep Yugoslavia out of World War II – and whose name was blackedned for decades as a result – is to be reburied in his home country with full state honours.The Serbian government is preparing to welcome home with the highest state …

Brussels expected to say that Serbia’s progress toward EU membership has been limited – and that it is postponing opening of accession talks at least until the end of next year.The October progress report is likely to say that with this year’s general elections and delays to the formation of …