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Branimir Glavas, the Croatian former lawmaker convicted of war crimes, has been stripped of his war honours and rank of general by Croatia’s president. The order by Ivo Josipovic came three weeks after Glavas was sentenced to eight years inprisonment by the country’s Supreme Court for war crimes committed in …
Read More »Serbian minister urges EULEX to react to Kosovo’s ban on visits
Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic on Wednesday (August 18th) asked EULEX to react after Pristina authorities banned his scheduled visit to Kosovo. Bogdanovic was supposed to visit on Thursday. He described the
Read More »Kosovo expects EU visa liberalisation strategy in September
Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi says Kosovo expects Brussels to outline the strategy the country must follow for eventual EU visa liberalisation next month. “Once we have the strategy we will be able to concretely
Read More »Serbia, IMF to start technical talks on stand-by arrangement
IMF representatives and Serbian officials start technical talks Thursday (August 19th) within the fifth review under Serbia’s 2.9 billion-euro stand-by agreement with the Fund. Ahead of the talks, Serbia’s Finance Minister Diana
Read More »Kirilica, Macedonia: OSCE ambassador calls for Macedonian and Albanian pupils in Struga to study on one shift
Macedonia — The ambassador of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Jose-Luis Herrero met Tuesday members on the commission for interethnic relations in Struga, Macedonian Kirilica news website reports. They discussed
Read More »Taci bans visits to Kosovo by Serbian delegations
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Taci send a letter to Head of the International civil office of Kosovo government, saying that he won’t allow visits to Kosovo by Serbian delegation due to political provocations, Koha Ditore daily said.
Read More »Romania hosts BLACKSEAFOR meeting
Romania hosted the meeting of Black Sea Countries’ Navy Commanders “BLACKSEAFOR”. “BLACKSEAFOR” Command has been transferred to the Romanian naval forces on a rotating basis.
Read More »Karadzic asks for contact with journalist
Radovan Karadzic has called on the president of the Hague Tribunal to reverse decision to deny him contact with an Austrian journalist. Karadzic filed a motion on August 17 claiming the registrar of the Internationa Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, in The Hague had denied him contact with …
Read More »EC supports Kosovo’s EBRD membership
The European Commission gave its supports to Kosovo joining the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Read More »IMF mission arrives in Belgrade
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission arrives in Belgrade today to start talks for the fifth review under Serbia’s stand-by arrangement with the IMF.
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