Balkan News

The European Union is engaged in talks to reduce Greece’s debt as international monitors fly into Athens this week. There is growing concern that Greece will be unable to end its worst crisis in decades, without a sovereign default. Plans to buy back Greek debt at a discount – a …

The Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty has stated that the alleged human organ trafficking in Kosovo should be investigated as well as connection of certain Kosovo politicians with organized crime. In his opinion it is necessary full protection of witnesses to be provided.

The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) in Kosovo announced yesterday the official results of the parliamentary elections of the state. According to data the Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK) of the former Prime Minister Hashim Thaci gains 34 MP seats, followed by Democratic Union of Kosovo with 27 MP seats. Third …

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told politicians in Sarajevo on Saturday (January 29th) that his country is ready to help the various communities overcome differences that prevent them from forming a government following general elections in October. The region needs the three constituent peoples in BiH to co-exisit, he said, …

President Traian Basescu on Friday (January 28th) expressed his country’s full support for Croatia’s EU accession. “There should not be any kind of interpretation concerning our position on Croatia’s accession to the EU,” Basescu told Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, who was making a one-day official visit to Bucharest.

About 1,500 people gathered in the eastern town of Vukovar on Saturday (January 29th) to protest the arrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) of a Croat war

Macedonian Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska and her Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic, agreed on Saturday (January 29th) that citizens of their countries will soon be able to travel between their territories using only ID cards, rather than international passports. “The decision will be made official at the next

Serbia is ready with the answers to the questionnaire of the European Commission (EC) about its readiness to become member of the European Union (EU). The answers have been passed by the Serbian government on Thursday. Serbian PM Mirko Cvetkovic and Deputy Prime Minister Bojidar Djelic on Monday are expected …

Members of the Schengen evaluation group are to decide on Friday if they are going to pass the technical reports for Romania and Bulgaria. On January 14, at the request of the French representative, group members gave some extra time for examination of the

Colonel Yordan Yordanov from the Bulgarian army is the new Head of NATO Advisory Council in Skopje. He will replace Slovenian Brigadier General David Humar. General Humar had a farewell meeting with Defence Minister Zoran Konjanovski yesterday.