Balkan News

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has denied that Bulgaria was among the countries that had prevented the EU from extending a date for neighbouring Macedonia to begin EU accession negotiations. Borisov stated this on Thursday after local media in Macedonia speculated that his country backed Greece at this week’s EU …

Speaking in ceremony organised by the office of the ombudsman, Albania’s President Bamir Topi, US and EU diplomats called on the country’s politicians to show greater respect for democratic standards. “Democracy, constitutional law and human rights are dynamic concepts, always progressing and as such efforts to stand alongside them, to …

The Netherlands, Laos, Romania and UK will state their opinions on the legality of Kosovo’s secession at the Peace Palace in The Hague on Thursday.

NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Admiral James Stavridis was in Priština on Wednesday. He told reporters that the number of the NATO-led KFOR troops in Kosovo would be reduced from the present 15,000 to 10,000 by the end of January 2010.

Dutch FM Maxime Verhagen says the arrest of Gen. Ratko Mladić remains the condition of ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA).

EULEX spokesman Christophe Lamfalussy on Wednesday made a statement on the first anniversary of the arrival of EULEX arrival in Kosovo. All achievements made by Kosovo in the police, customs and judiciary sectors are also achievements of this EU mission.

Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki will pay official visit t Federal Republic of Germany, where he will attend two conferences.

Macedonian Defense Minister Zoran Konjanovski will visit NATO Headquarters in Brussels and the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers Europe in Mons in Belgium.

Differences between two European countries should be settled through mutual understanding and respect, Macedonia’s deputy premier Vasko Naumovski said Wednesday, referring to his country’s row with Greece. While this week’s EU Council meeting did not give Macedonia a desired start date for accession negotiations, the meeting clearly demonstrated that Macedonia …

Despite its huge potentials, Bosnia remains one of the World’s least competitive countries because its politicians hold up the key reforms, perpetuating a political crisis for their own interests, a top international diplomat in the country said.