Balkan News

Croatia is set to take another step towards the EU Wednesday, opening three more chapters in its membership negotiations and closing another couple. The Croatian delegation will be led by Croatia’s Foreign Minister Gordan Jadrokovic.

Seven former army and police officers went on trial in Bijelo Polje on Monday (June 28th) for crimes against humanity. They are charged with the inhumane treatment of Muslims in the northwest region of Bukovica — near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina — in 1992 and 1993. The area …

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski rejected on Monday (June 28th) opposition calls for early elections, while acknowledging that each party has the legitimate right to seek a snap vote. As for the name row with Greece, Gruevski said there are no indications that UN mediator Matthew Nimetz will

US Ambassador to Kosovo Christopher Dell continues criticising the government, which, he says is controlling the country’s economy. At a public forum Monday (June 28th) on

Serbs from Kosovo and Serbia celebrated Vidovdan (St Vitus Day) at the Gracanica monastery on Monday (June 28th), commemorating the anniversary of the 1389 Battle of

The president of the ICTY has granted the early release of Milan Gvero, sentenced by a first instance to five years in prison for his role in the Srebrenica genocide. Gvero was released from detention today. Gvero was assistant commander for moral, legal and religious affairs of the Main Staff …

After promising that he will make the rest of his cross-examination interesting even for the trial chamber, wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was given an additional two hours with protected witness 185. The trial chamber at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, originally limited Karadzic’s time …

Croatian Minister of Justice Ivan Simonovic and his Serbian counterpart Snezana Malovic have signed an agreement on the mutual extradition of persons suspected or convicted of crimes related to organised crime and corruption.

The Interior Ministries of Bulgaria and Romania have signed a cooperation agreement providing for the transfer of police officers from one country to the other. The deal was signed Monday in the Romanian Danube town of Giurgiu by the Chief Secretary of the Bulgarian Interior Kalin Georgiev and his Romanian

Bulgaria’s Deputy PM and Finance Minister Djankov and Minister for Bulgarians Abroad Bozhidar Dimitrov are setting out to meet members of the historic Bulgarian minority in Moldova.