Balkan News

Montenegrin FM Milan Roćen welcomed back Serbian Ambassador to Podgorica Zoran Lutovac, with the remark that he “did not have to leave Montenegro at all”. “What can I say. Welcome. As far as we are concerned he did not even have to leave, but those calls to consultations are a …

France’s Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner will visit Belgrade on Monday and meet with Serbia’s top officials. Kouchner and his hosts will discuss the Serbia’s European integration, Kosovo issues and a strategic partnership between the two countries. One of the topics during the discussions will be a possible visit to Serbia …

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković met with his Romanian counterpart Emil Boc on Wednesday in Budapest. Cvetković said that Serbia deeply appreciates the principled stance of Romania regarding the defense of principles of international law in the Kosovo and Metohija issue.

Court presidents and prosecutors of the former Yugoslav republics shared the view that international cooperation in hunting war criminals is good, but it must be improved.

Kosovo’s premier Hashim Thaci appointed Ylber Hysa as the government’s coordinator of the strategy for Mitrovica North.

Recalling that in 2008 he had said that Bulgaria could be the backbone of a stable prosperous region, European Commission President Jose Barroso told journalists in Brussels on February 23 2010: “I believe this is truer than ever before”.

Serbian Ambassador to Montenegro Zoran Lutovac returned on Tuesday evening to his office in Podgorica. He was called back to Belgrade in mid-January following a decision by the Montenegrin government to establish diplomatic relations with Kosovo.

Nabucco project is still a priority for Romania but the country will analyze every initiative, which can contribute to the energy security of the country and European Union, said Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc. He will attend an energy forum in Budapest. He added that at the summit in Budapest …

Bulgaria’s riverside city of Rousse hosted a meeting between the deputy Bulgarian Interior Minister Pavlin Dimitrov and Romania’s state secretary Marian Titulescu on February 23 2010. The talks were about the mutual scheme set up by Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov and his Romanian counterpart Vasile Blaga for improving bilateral …

In separate meetings with European Union leaders, Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov and President Georgi Purvanov have proposed that the bloc draw on Bulgaria’s assistance in the Western Balkans.