Balkan News

The meeting between Macedonian and Greek prime ministers has ended without comments for the press. As the Macedonian government said earlier the two ministers discussed the name

Dutch FM Maxime Verhagen says Serbia’s progress in EU integration will not be on the agenda before Serge Brammertz submits his next report. The chief Hague prosecutor’s new report is due in June. “The position of the Netherlands remains unchanged in principle. Last December we responded to Brammertz’s positive report …

The EU enlargement commissioner said that “border demarcation is part of good neighborly relations and regional cooperation, which countries should solve bilaterally.”

The NATO-led intervention against Slobodan Milosevic’s regime and the then Serbian army was a historic decision, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said. He stressed that NATO’s intervention in 1999 was a necessary move as it protected the rights and the freedoms of Albanians in Kosovo.

Council of Europe decides to close office in Montenegro, Montenegro’s media said. Council of Europe decided to close its office due to Montenegro’s achieved democratic level, which excludes any further stay.

Serbian President Boris Tadic and his Croatian counterpart, Ivo Josipovic, have announced a new phase in relations between the two neighbouring countries following their first meeting as presidents on Wednesday. Tadic and Josipovic discussed open issues between the two countries and the development of good neighbourly relations.

Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantionou said on Tuesday (March 23rd) that his country wants to settle its debt crisis within the EU. He added, however, that Athens will not

President Filip Vujanovic on Tuesday (March 23rd) chose May 23rd as the date on which local elections will be held in 14 municipalities. The opposition had suggested June 6th, concerned that the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists would get a boost from holding elections the same day Montenegro celebrates the …

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Tuesday (March 23rd) told Bosnian leaders that while doors of the Alliance remain open to BiH, the country must implement all necessary reforms. Among those cited were changes to the constitution

International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith says any potential changes in the cabinet are the sole responsibility of one man. “This is very much the Prime Minister’s [Hashim Thaci] responsibility and I am fully