Balkan News

The Belgrade-Priština dialogue has no alternative and its goal is to close some of the open topics, Head of Belgrade’s negotiating team Borko Stefanovic says. He announced at the panel discussion organized by the New Policy Center on Friday that the third round of the talks, which were first launched …

Delegation from the Kosovo Ministry of Interior, headed by Minister Bajram Rexhepi, will pay a working visit to their Macedonian counterparts today. Macedonian Minister of Interior Gordana Jankuloska will have a tete-a-tete meeting with colleague Rexhepi, followed by a plenary session of the two delegations. The two will sign a …

Serbian President Boris Tadic has began his meeting with PMs of Slovenia Borut Pahor and Croatia Jadranka Kosor in the central Serbian town of Smederevo today. The meeting would be held at the Golden Hill (Zlatni Breg) villa near Smederevo. After the talks, Tadić, Pahor and Kosor will address the …

There is ambiguity over Kosovo’s Behgjet Pacolli’s status as president Thursday (March 31st), following a full ruling Wednesday by the Constitutional Court. The court agreed that Pacolli’s election by parliament last month violated

The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board wrapped up two days of meetings in Sarajevo on Wednesday (March 30th) expressing deep concern that six months after the October 3rd general elections, BiH still

The second round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina has led to some progress, although not within the expectations of Serbia. According to the head of the Serbian delegation Borislav Stefanovic there is progress on issues related to the cadastre and birth certificates.

Macedonia will hold early parliamentary elections on June 5. That is the proposal of the ruling party that would be submitted to the parliament. The country’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski stated earlier that Macedonia has no alternative except for holding early elections. Earlier leader of the opposition Social Democracy Union …

Finland’s President Tarja Halonen has arrived here for a two-day visit and is holding meetings with Serbia’s top officials. She was welcomed with a ceremony in front of the Palace of Serbia, and is meeting with SerbianPresident Boris Tadić. Finland’s President is also to meet Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković …

The Bulgarian Government will build a fence along the border with Turkey, after a second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) since January has threatened local farmers with devastation. The decision was taken on March 30 2011.

As foreign ambassadors reaffirm their support for the international administrator in Bosnia, Croat and Serb parties protest recent decisions on government formation. The Peace Implementation Council, PIC, a group of 55 countries and international organisations that sponsor and direct peace implementation process in Bosnia, indicated their support for High