The NATO-led mission in Kosovo says that a recent government memo proposing a new policing role for the Kosovo Security Forces has no legal basis. “There is no legal basis that can give the Kosovo Security Forces, KSF, the right to carry out

Tomislav Mercep, a top advisor in Croatia’s wartime Interior Ministry, has been indicted for war crimes against civilians committed in 1991. The Zagreb County Prosecutor’s Office issued the indictment against Mercep, who has been in custody since December, for war crimes against civilians committed in 1991.

European Union interior ministers are meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday and Friday to take a decision on Bulgaria and Romania’s accession to the border-free Schengen area. The meeting comes just a day after the non-binding vote of the European Parliament, which voted in favor of allowing

Serbian President Boris Tadić believes the Dutch parliament and countries that have not ratified the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) will do so soon.

There is no indication that ex-Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic is suffering a terminal illness but he is still undergoing tests in prison, a UN war crimes court spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Turkey is to establish a European Union ministry after June 12 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. “The ministry of the EU will coordinate the affairs for Turkey’s EU bid,” Erdogan said in his televised remarks at his party’s headquarters in Ankara. 

The Nabucco agreement will be signed by all countries involved in the project in the Turkish town of Kayseri. With the document the countries undertake the engagement to support the construction of the pipeline, which will transit natural gas from the Caspian region and the Middle East through Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania,

The second round of mayoral elections will take place in the municipality of Chisinau in two weeks. None of the candidates polled more than half of the vote in the June 5 elections. According to the results announced by the Central Election Commission (CEC) after counting 100% of the votes, …

President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy said in Brussels late on Monday that the arrest of Ratko Mladić was “a turning point”. It was “an important step towards Serbia’s accession to the European Union”, said he.

Members of the European Parliament will debate on Tuesday the extension of Europe’s borderless Schengen zone to the newest members of the EU club, Bulgaria and Romania. The MEPs will vote on Wednesday.