Balkan News

Athens and Skopje have failed to agree to a concrete name proposal, UN mediator Matthew Nimetz said after meeting with the two sides on Wednesday. Nimetz said that while there is no proposal, there are a lot of elements on the table that the

Serbian foreign minister Jeremic met with the president of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, on Wednesday in Banja Luka, the capital of Bosnia’s predominantly Serb entity. Jeremic said that Serbia has a vital interest in the prosperity and stability of Republika Srpska, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the western Balkans.

Every political party in Albania missed initial deadlines set by the Central Election Commission, thus jeopardising the normal timetable for the May 8th local elections. The deadline for submitting

Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said on Tuesday (February 8th) that Croatia may receive a date for wrapping up its EU negotiations in April. After talks

Czech President Vaclav Klaus voiced support Tuesday (February 8th) for Macedonia’s bid to join the EU. After talks with Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov in Prague, Klaus said

After a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday (February 8th), the International Steering Group (ISG) said the proposed dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia should identify and resolve practical issues of the interest to both countries. Kosovo was represented at the meeting by acting Foreign Minister

Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac expects that ruling coalition’s leaders will meet in the next few days to discuss the government reshuffle. NATO strategic conference dubbed “After Lisbon – implementation of transformation” will be held in Belgrade in June. A total of 69 countries will attend the meeting and 28 …

Serbia and Croatia have sent requests for the extradition of Serb paramilitary Milorad Momic, who was recently arrested in France on January 31 on an interpol warrant issued by Serbia.

The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, Thomas Countryman, will visit Priština today, and then head for Macedonia and Albania. His visit comes during negotiations to form a government there.

Turkish ambassador to Bulgaria İsmail Aramaz says that the visa system for Turkish citizens wanting to enter Bulgaria is a “serious obstacle to the future development of bilateral relations”. “Our government constantly urges the Bulgarian authorities to consider this issue,” he said. “In the previous instance, our prime minister, Recep …