Balkan News

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an official visit to Croatia over the weekend and praised the country for the progress it has made in the nearly 20 years it has been an independent nation. Speaking at a press conference in Zagreb, the prime minister noted that this was the …

It is in strategically importance for Bulgaria all neighboring states to meet the EU accession criteria and to become a part of the European Union. This is what Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov said. Today he is paying a visit to Montenegro, which puts the beginning of the second part …

The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution believes that it has the location of a mass grave containing the bodies of ethnic Albanians. 250 bodies are believed to have been buried in the southwestern Raška area. “Thanks to our cooperation with EULEX, according to our information, we have a grave in the …

Serbian President Boris Tadić was in Moscow on Sunday for Victory Day celebrations, where he met with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev and PM Vladimir Putin. Tadić said after the meetings that there was a mutual desire to continue cooperation between the countries, not only in the political and economic, …

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said there was no crisis in Albania, adding that the crisis is only in the opposition’s minds, following the hunger strike, supported by the opposition. Berisha underlined that Socialists and the opposition should stop protesting and see Albania’s progress.

Italian Lower House Speaker Gianfranco Fini will visit Serbia on Monday for talks with President Boris Tadic and Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic. Fini’s visit to Belgrade comes upon an invitation of Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica Gukic-Dejanovic. The main focus of the meetings will be put on Serbia’s integration into the …

Prime Minister Borut Pahor on Friday (May 7th) called on Slovenians to support their country’s arbitration border agreement with Croatia at a referendum on June 6th. Speaking on the first day of a campaign ahead of the vote, Pahor said that the deal would improve relations with Zagreb, guarantee Slovenian …

NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is expected to visit Bulgaria on May 20, 2010, Bulgarian media report. This will be Rasmussen’s first visit to Bulgaria since he was appointed NATO’s secretary general in April 2009.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov will visit Belgrade, it was announced today. He will meet with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić and Chairman of the parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Dragoljub Mićunović.

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić has rejected criticism coming from Croatia concerning his recent statements. The MFA in Zagreb accused the Serbian chief of diplomacy of “taking advantage“ of Croatian President Ivo Josipović’s recent apology at the Bosnia-Herzegovina parliament.