Balkan News

A NATO Parliamentary Assembly delegation, led by Sergio De Gregorio, said in Tirana on Monday (March 1st) that no one in the Alliance doubts the legitimacy of the current government and parliament. NATO monitors said the June 2009 general elections were a well organised process, noted De Gregorio after meeting …

The Socialist Party’s (SP) return to parliament after a six month boycott is the first step towards normalising parliamentary work, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Mevlut Cavusoglu, said in a statement Monday (March 1st). Cavusoglu described contributions by all parties as essential, adding …

Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has congratulated Bulgaria ahead of the country’s national holiday on March 3. Putin sent a telegram to Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov Tuesday in which he expressed his heart felt congratulations to Bulgaria for the national holiday, the government press service reported.

In the continuation of his opening statement, Radovan Karadžić said that Bosnian Serbs accepted Bosnia-Herzegovina’s independence in 1992. He said that Bosnian Serbs accepted the independence, under the condition that they would receive a constitutive entity.

The Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will meet the President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek on March 3, the government’s press office announced. Buzek pays an official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of the speaker of the National Assembly Tsetska Tsacheva.

Bulgaria is EU and NATO member state, very predictable partner, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said.

EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, chief Yves de Kermabon is expected in Belgrade today. He is due to meet with Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović, and officials in charge of the judiciary.

Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor will pay official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday and meet with Chairperson of Council of Ministers, Nikola Spiric.

Italian politician Gianni de Michelis believes that Italy should follow the Greek initiative which pushes for all Western Balkan countries to become EU members in 2014.

Belgium Prime Minister Yves Leterme will pay a visit to Macedonia on March 8 to discuss the issue on candidates for political asylum from the country. Most of the people in question are Albanians from Macedonia and Presevska dolina in South Serbia, which ask for political