Balkan News

EU representatives on Wednesday (May 19th) praised the work of the EULEX mission in Kosovo and investigations led by the EU Rule of Law Mission’s judicial component. Representatives of the 27 EU member states gathered for a Western Balkans working group meeting in Brussels, attended by EU Special Representative for …

The Hague Tribunal confirmed Vojislav Šešelj’s conviction for contempt of court and his 15 month imprisonment. This came on Wednesday, after an appeals chamber dismissed his appeal and upheld the initial decision, handed down in late July last year, said a statement from the court.

NATO could speed up its plans to reduce the military presence in Kosovo, said reports this Thursday. The number of KFOR soldiers could go from 15,000 to 5,000 in 2010, announced NATO Allied Commander Europe Admiral James Stavridis.

Serbian President Boris Tadić will be in Cyprus today and tomorrow on an official visit. According to a statement released by the president’s press service, Tadić is scheduled to meet today with Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias and Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus Chrysostomos II.

Greek labor unions will stage a new general strike to protest against the planned reforms to the debt-ridden country’s rickety pension system. The two main public and private sector groups are the organizers of this protest, which is against the announced 15 percent pension cuts and prolonging the years of …

Macedonian Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska will be heading to Bulgaria on Thursday for a two-day official visit. Jankulovska will meet with her Bulgarian counterpart Cvetan Cvetanov, and also take part in the 3rd ministerial meeting of the Committee of Signatory-Countries of the Police Cooperation Convention for South-East Europe. The participants …

The presidential committee, the Bureau and the Committee of the Council of Europe will hold meetings on Thursday and Friday in Macedonian Parliament in the course of Macedonian chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is set to begin a two-day visit to Bulgaria on Thursday. This will be Rasmussen’s first visit to Bulgaria since he was appointed to the top post in April 2009. The Secretary General is expected to meet with Bulgaria’s PM Boyko Borisov, President Georgi …

General Ratko Mladic’s war diaries, which the ICTY Prosecution announced today it had received from Belgrade, are considered to be key pieces of evidence in some of the ongoing trials at the UN war crimes tribunal. The Prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, made public …

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, today delivered the final verdict in the case of former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskoski and police officer Johan Tarculovski. Boskoski’s acquittal was affirmed, while Tarculovski’s conviction and 12 year prison sentence were upheld.