Balkan News

The Democratic Union, which is part of the ruling coalition, is concerned about the appointment of Kristian Vigenin as European Parliament rapporteur on Macedonia, the local media announced. According to the Democratic Union Vigenin will not be impartial when presenting the reports on Macedonia. The party voiced concern also about …

EULEX has arrested a Kosovo Serb on a suspicion of war crimes committed in 1999. The detainee is Zoran Kolic, a member of the leadership of the Independent Liberal Party. EULEX announced that one person had been arrested in relation with a war crimes investigation.

Parliament on Thursday called on EU Member States to begin accession negotiations immediately with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Regretting that the name dispute with Greece is causing deadlock, MEPs also expressed concern over the growing inter-ethnic tensions in the country, as well as corruption and recent

Even if Serbia obtains a status of a EU member state candidate, the country will get a date for launching the negotiations, unless it amends the act for election of members of the parliament. Head of the parliamentary group of the ruling Democratic Party, Nada Kolundjia, said that the act …

Kosovo’s government and the main opposition party have reached agreement on a presidential candidate, staving off fears that the government might collapse. Atifete Jahjaga, the deputy director of Kosovo police, has been named as the new candidate after several rounds of talks on Wednesday night between the ruling

The OSCE called on political parties to recognise the results of the upcoming May 8th local elections as an important aspect of democracy. Head of the mission in Albania Eugen Wollfarth told an experts’ roundtable on

Mediation has failed to result in a compromise on the Kosovo president issue among political parties, local media reported on Wednesday (April 6th). Facilitated by US Ambassador Christopher Dell and the head of

Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović met on Tuesday with the head of the UN mission in Kosovo, Lamberto Zannier. Bogdanović told Zannier that the UN “has not been involved in the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština

The European Parliament on Wednesday and Thursday will discuss and vote on a draft resolution on Macedonia’s progress towards EU membership. In the draft resolution that is likely to be adopted by the Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, the Parliament once again recommends the start

The country met all technical requirements to join the Schengen Area, Bulgaria’s ambassador to the EU Boyko Kotsev told Bulgarian National Radio on Monday (April 4th). In late February, the Hungarian EU presidency