Belgrade – Serbia will offer incentives to foreign investors including low taxes and subsidies, with an aim of boosting the economy, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic said Monday.
Read More »Three Bulgarian Parties Merge
Sofia – Three Bulgarian political parties, the LIDER Party, the nationalist VMRO, and the Agrarian People’s Union, have united to form a new centre-right coalition called “Napred” (“Forward”).
Read More »Albania Rejects Kosovo’s Partition
Tirana – Albanian President Bamir Topi rejected the option of Kosovo’s partition along ethnic lines, in a joint press conference with his Kosovo counterpart on Monday in Tirana.
Read More »Kosovo President Makes Key Albania Trip
Pristina – Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu has left for Albania in his first trip as a head of state to the country.
Read More »Montenegro Won’t ‘Sacrifice’ EU over Kosovo
Podgorica – Neither Montenegro nor Serbia should close the door on their European future because of Kosovo, Svetozar Marovic, Montenegro’s ruling party vice-president says.
Read More »Egypt ‘Weighing’ Kosovo Recognition
Pristina – Egypt will very soon recognise Kosovo’s independence, says Abdullah Al Eshal, Cairo’s former deputy foreign minister and counsel to President Hosni Mubarak.
Read More »Bosnian Serbs Seek US Lawyers’ Help
Sarajevo – The government of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska, has hired a US law firm to deal with the Office of the High Representative and upcoming key reforms.
Read More »No Serb Nuke Plant for ‘Another 15 Years’
Belgrade – Serbia will not develop a nuclear power plant for at least another decade, Petar Skundric, the country’s Mining and Energy Minister says.
Read More »Police Charge Five for Croatia Editor Murder
Zagreb – Croatian police are bringing murder and conspiracy charges against five suspects in the high-profile killing last week of a newspaper editor and his murder chief.
Read More »Romanian Electoral Campaign Kicks Off
Bucharest – Campaigning for seats in Romania’s parliament officially kicked off this Friday, with 2,965 candidates competing in the November 30 elections.
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