Balkan News

Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina have arrested two individuals, including one police officer, on suspicion of war crimes. Milan Peric (1961) and Slavko Lalovic (1959) are suspected of crimes committed in 1992 in the area of Kalinovik, in eastern Herzegovina.

The OSCE office in Tirana announced on Monday (May 17th) that it has a compromise that would end the longstanding political crisis. Last week, OSCE Ambassador Robert Bosch said that a proposal had been presented to both the government and opposition Socialist Party (SP). While Prime Minister Sali Berisha has …

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said on Monday (May 17th) that he is “very happy” with the ongoing co-operation between the government and the EULEX mission. Thaci met with EULEX chief Yves de Kermabon and the outgoing head of the mission’s justice component, Alberto Perduca, who praised the government’s commitment …

The European Union must assume its role in the process of resolution of name dispute between Macedonia and Greece to ensure an accelerated EU integration of the entire region, Slovenian MEP Jelko Kacin said.

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski met his Greek counterpart George Papandreou last evening in Madrid during the EU-LAC summit, the government informed. During the meeting, the two prime ministers discussed name issue and Greece’s financial crisis.

Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčak said that the solution for the Kosovo problem needs to be found within the region. He confirmed once again that he had “no ambitions of personally offering a plan for solving the Kosovo problem”. “For me it is important for the European Union to be …

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is set to meet Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa de la Vega and prime ministers of Turkey Redzep Taip Erdogan and Croatia Jadranka Kosor, the government sources told Makfax news agency. The meeting is in the frameworks of the EU-Latin countries summit, where Macedonia …

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said on Sunday (May 16th) that an agreement has been reached with Spain, the current head of the EU, that Pristina institutions will be represented at next month’s EU-Western Balkans summit in Sarajevo in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244. He told the Tanjug news …

Representatives of Kosovo institutions have refused to hold technical talks with Belgrade until after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules on the legitimacy of Kosovo’s declaration of independence. Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci said on Sunday (May 16th) everything is still in the idea stage. “There is nothing concrete …

If there is a chance to resolve name issue by the end of the following month, European Council will have the opportunity to give a positive decision on Macedonia’s start of accession talks with EU, EU Ambassador to Macedonia Erwan Fouere said during the lecture at FON University. “We have …