Balkan News

The Swedish government announced Thursday, January 21, it would open 10 new embassies, including in the Republic of Moldova, to strengthen Sweden’s presence in the countries which benefit from Swedish aid programs. Besides Moldova, Swedish embassies will open in Albania, Kosovo, Georgia and a number of African countries. At the …

EULEX police spokesperson Karin Limdal confirmed that EULEX has taken over the case of Self-Determination leader Albin Kurti from UNMIK. She said that the process being led against him will continue on February 15 before the Priština District Court. Limdal said that it is a continuation of a case that …

Bosnian Serb leaders voiced their intention to hold a census in the Serb dominated part of the country Republika Srpska following last week’s failure by the country’s central parliament to pass a law that would open the way for a nationwide census in 2011. “Republika Srpska’s government has submitted a …

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called on farmers to lift blockages, noting that in the hard conditions of the financial crisis the authorities in the country cannot grant them financial support. The protesting Greek farmers have been blocking the Bulgarian-Greek border

Bulgarian Prime Minister pays an official visit to Germany at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel as of January 24-January 26, 2010, the government press office announced. PM’s agenda envisages meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the President of the Bundestag Dr Norbert Lammert and

Montenegrin PM Milo Đukanović thinks that a whole Bosnia-Herzegovina does not have an alternative. He said in Washington on Thursday while giving a lecture at a university that “any secession idea could have tragic consequences to stability of the region”. “Bosnia-Herzegovina must survive and we think that all efforts leading …

European Union should encourage solving open issues between Western Balkan countries, Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar said last night in Paris. He pointed the recent border issue settlement between Slovenia and Croatia. The two countries made a great step forward by signing the arbitrage agreement.

The chiefs of Serbian and Romanian MoD military cooperation departments signed on Thursday in Belgrade a plan for bilateral military cooperation for 2010. The plan, signed by Milorad Perić and Alexandru Cotoara-Nicolae, envisages exchange of high-level visits, joint exercises and exchange of experiences in the defense system reform.

A delegation of the Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) visited the Serbian parliament on Thursday. They conferred with representatives of the ruling majority and the opposition in the on Serbia’s progress in fulfilling its commitments stemming from Council of Europe membership, reports said.

The UN Security Council will debate on the situation in Kosovo in New York this Friday, at a session to be addressed by the Serbian President Boris Tadić. Tadić is due to speak at the council at 21:00 CET. The session will consider the latest three-monthly report of UN Secretary …