Balkan News

Croatia and Montenegro will open a new border checkpoint on July 1. The Debeli Breg border checkpoint will connect the municipalities of Herzeg Novi and Konavle. The project is realized at the initiative of local residents, backed by the prime ministers of the two countries.

New negotiations between Serbian officials and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission have started in Belgrade. The talks concern the fourth revision of the stand-by agreement signed between Serbia and the international financial institution. While some ministers have said that they were optimistic regarding the talks, economists warned that the …

The United Nations Security Council is to discuss the situation in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina today. Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will take part at the session, Beta learned at the Foreign Ministry. UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, chief Lamberto Zannier. and Kosovo Albanian government’s foreign minister, Skender Hyseni

Romania supported a lasting solution to the Cyprus problem accepted by both sides within the UN framework, Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi reiterated on Friday. Meeting with his visiting Cypriote counterpart Markos Kyprianou, Baconschi stressed that Romania hopes that “this problem, which was imported by the European Union, will find …

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic said that Serbia is ready to withdraw its genocide suit against Croatia if an agreement is reached for the genocide charges filed by both countries against one another to be mutually and unconditionally dropped.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a landmark visit to Athens on Friday (May 14th) amid tight security, in a bid to resolve longstanding issues between the two neighbours. The two governments signed a total of 21 agreements, declarations and memorandums, covering such issues as

Thousands of members and supporters of the opposition Socialist Party (SP) rallied in Tirana on Friday (May 14th) on behalf of about 200 people who started hunger strikes two weeks ago, demanding transparency in the June 2009 general elections. The protestors gathered in the main square chanting “Open the ballot …

The Higher Court in Podgorica on Saturday (May 15th) sentenced six former members of the Yugoslav National Army (JNA) for war crimes. They were found guilty of ordering and committing torture against prisoners of war and civilians between October 1991 and August 1992 during an attack on Dubrovnik, and got …

More than 10,000 people gathered in downtown Athens on Saturday (May 15th) to protest the government’s austerity measures. The action, organised by the labour union of the Communist Party, PAME, was a continuation of similar protests in the capital for the past week. A 24-hour general strike will be held …

Presidents of Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro will gather in Kosovo next month, local media said. The aim of the mini-summit, due to take place in the town of Prizren, is to promote regional cooperation.