Balkan News

“We have clear goal, regarding name solution and we will continue with our name talks in order to find name solution”, Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski said. He made the remarks, following the statement made by the opposition leader Branko Crvenkovski that Macedonia is leading pro-form talks with Greece. “We have …

Albania’s entry in EU is the key factor for Balkans stability, Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said. Belgian PM made the remarks during her visit to Tirana. She met with her Albanian counterpart Sali Berisha, and she will visit Podgorica and Belgrade later today. Belgian PM Leterme pointed out that …

Macedonian President Gjorgje Ivanov sent greetings to his Kosovo counterpart Fatmir Sejdiu on occasion of Kosovo’s independence. “The establishment of demarcation process and diplomatic relations has created all the necessary pre-conditions for

Kosovo marks the second anniversary of its declaration of independence on Wednesday amid worries over its legal status. However there’s optimism over increased co-operation between ethnic groups in the Balkan state.

Kosovo’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hyseni said that Greece will be the next country to recognize Kosovo’s independence. Skender Hyseni also declared that after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling in the Kosovo case, a series of countries and Greece will recognize Kosovo’s independence. Hyseni said that EU countries …

Greece aims and is able to solve its issues by itself, we want political, not economy support by the European Union and the international community. This is what Greek Prime Minster Georgiou Papandreou said. Papandreou stressed that Greece hadn’t sough economy support neither from the international community nor the EU.

Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) should be able to travel to the EU without visas by July, announced Tanja Fajon, European Parliament Rapporteur for Visa Liberalization for West Balkan Countries before the Parliament of BiH on Monday.

Croatian President-Elect Ivo Josipovic reiterated that he regretted that his Serbian counterpart, Boris Tadic, would not attend his inauguration, which is scheduled for February 18.

EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton and Slovenian PM Borut Pahor have agreed that an international conference on the Western Balkans, which will likely be held in late March in Slovenia, would be a significant event for the region.

European Parliament (EP) Vice-President Roberta Angelilli on Saturday urged the opposition Socialist Party (SP) to stop its parliamentary boycott and start co-operating with the government.