Balkan News

Fifteen US Congressmen have sent a letter to the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton calling for a speedy and just resolution of the long running name row between Athens and Skopje. The congressmen urge the US administration to review Macedonia’s role in contributing to the stability in the southern …

Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, has urged Kosovo citizens, particularly ethnic Serbs, to return to Kosovo. Along with the Minister for Return and Communities in Kosovo’s government, Sasa Rasic, Thaci invited Serbs to return to Kosovo and re-start their lives in the “Kosovar system of living”. “The government of the …

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has agreed to support Bosnia’s struggling budgets with €1.2 ($1.61) over the next three years, as long as the country reins in its public spending. “Consideration by the (IMF’s Executive) Board will follow the implementation of a number of measures mainly on the fiscal front …

ODGORICA, Montenegro President Filip Vujanovic was to begin consultations Monday (May 4th) with Montenegro’s political parties regarding the formation of a new government. The talks, however, are being boycotted by two opposition parties — the Socialist People’s Party and New Serbian Democracy.

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands Peter Robinson, the legal adviser to former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, is requesting certain documents from the German government to bolster his client’s defence, media reported on Sunday (May 3rd).

BELGRADE, Serbia Kosovo’s transport and telecommunications minister, Fatmir Limaj, is the subject of a probe by Serbian war crimes prosecutors, media in Belgrade reported Sunday (May 3rd). The investigation is into Limaj’s alleged involvement in crimes against Serb civilians in the Drenica region. Limaj has already stood trial at The …

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov has opened a UNESCO International conference on Monday in Sofia. The ‘International Conference on the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage and the Promotion of Cultural Diversity – a Response to Globalization’ is part of the visit to Bulgaria of UNESCO’s executive council members. The executive council members …

After nearly two years of silence, Skopje’s central municipality finally revealed details of the controversial ten million euros project for erecting several grandiose bronze monuments, including a giant statue of Alexander the Great. The statue of Alexander the Great, that will be erected in the city’s main square and show …

Croatia’s president Sepjan Mesic, on an unofficial visit to Sarajevo, urged the three members of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s presidency for a little bit more willingness to resolve open questions between the two countries. He said that with a little bit more dialogue and effort from both sides, outstanding issues can …

The US has asked Bangladesh to recognise Kosovo’s independence through its Ambassador to Dhaka. The US Ambassador to Dhaka, James Moriarty met Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister, Dipu Moni, and during that meeting asked his country to recognise Kosovo’s independence. “I call on the Bangladeshi government to review this issue, and if …