Balkan News

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has agreed to begin the EU-brokered talks with Serbia before early elections February and despite the current political crisis in Pristina. “The (first) meeting between the two sides

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic is to pay an official visit to Macedonia today. He is scheduled to meet with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski. The Macedonian and Montenegrin prime ministers are to sign agreements for cooperation in technology, education and …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is visiting traditional rival Greece for the second time in five months and will hold informal talks with the country’s leadership on ongoing disputes. Erdoğan is attending a Mediterranean conference on climate change and is due to meet later Friday with Greek Prime Minister George …

Kosovo is expected to receive an EU visa liberalisation roadmap this year, European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur on visa liberalisation for the Western Balkans Tanja Fajon said on Wednesday (October 20th) in Pristina. Fajon did not rule out November, when Kosovo will also receive the next European Commission (EC) Progress Report, …

Bavarian Federal and European Affairs Minister Emilia Muller said in Belgrade that Germany will provide all the necessary support to Serbia on its EU path. He added that Berlin is interested in strengthening economic

The National Assembly of Slovenia ratified unanimously Serbia’s Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU on Wednesday. Today is a big day for Serbian-Slovenian relations, stressed Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić, who is currently visiting Slovenia. Previously, the agreement, which Serbia signed in April 2008, was ratified by six …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission will arrive in Belgrade on Thursday, it has been announced. They will immediately begin technical talks with the Serbian government on the sixth revision of the stand-by arrangement between the IMF and Serbia, IMF Resident Representative in Serbia Bogdan Lissovolik said.

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded today a training course for police investigators on war crime cases. Twenty-five police inspectors and two prosecutors from the District Prosecutor’s Office of Banja Luka and Doboj, as well as two investigators from the BiH Prosecutor’s Office in Sarajevo took part in …

The European Union will support Bosnia in its bid to join the bloc as a united country that would be able to speak with one voice, visiting EU President Herman Van Rompuy said here on Wednesday. He was speaking after

Albanian government’s initiative to start reforming the election system was the main topic discussed on Tuesday (October 19th) between Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha and OSCE head Eugen Wollfarth, who says the