Balkan News

Serbia has made surprising progress in the last several months in its European integrations, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said. He said that the visa liberalization for Serbian citizens offers a new perspective for change and cooperation. 

Serbian President Boris Tadić said on Sunday that Serbia has nothing against the extradition of Ejup Ganić to Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki will be heading to Pristina on Monday upon an invitation of Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Skender Hiseni. Besides the talks with his host Hiseni, Milososki will meet with President Fatmir

Serbian President Boris Tadić met with his German counterpart Horst Koehler to discuss Serbia’s European integration process. Tadić told Koehler that long-term peace, stability, and economic development in the Western Balkans is only possible through the European integration of the region.

Macedonian Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska and Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic on Friday (March 12th) vowed to step up co-operation against a wave of asylum seekers from their countries trying to move to EU member countries. “We will investigate together

War crimes prosecutors announced on Saturday they are investigating 26 people suspected of committing crimes against Albanians in Kosovo in 1999. Nine other people were arrested in Serbia on Friday for those war crimes, specifically the robbing and killing of over 200 Albanians in May 1999 in villages near Pec, …

BiH Prosecutors charged a former Special Forces commander on Saturday over his alleged role in the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre. Nedjo Ikonic, 46, was accused in connection with the detention and killing of Muslim prisoners of war who were caught as they tried to escape Srebrenica. According to the indictment, …

Progress in name dispute between Macedonia and Greece depends on the efforts made by the two countries. Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki made the remarks, adding that Republic of Macedonia is giving its outmost, while Greece hasn’t given any signal sides in the last 18 years for finding a name …

Veritas Documentation Center President Savo Štrbac said a court decision to reduce jail sentence of Mirko Norac was disappointing and unjust. The Supreme Court of Croatia reduced by a year former Croat General Mirko Norac ‘s prison sentence.

Albania’s lawmakers passed a resolution Thursday calling on the EU member-states to scrap visa restriction for Albanian citizens. The motion was approved by unanimous vote. The opposition Socialist Party’s lawmakers also backed the resolution.