Balkans

Visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davotuglu on Wednesday urged Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to carry out reforms as soon as possible amid social unrest.

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić and Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci will on Wednesday in Brussels hold another round of the Kosovo dialogue. As on previous occasions the talks will be facilitated by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.

Turkey will continue to support Bosnia and Herzegovina, said Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, on Wednesday in a visit to the capital Sarajevo which has witnessed scenes of mass unrest since Friday. “Turkey is and will be on the side of our Bosnian brothers anytime for its stability, peace, political and territorial integrity,” said Davutoglu. “We came here …

Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders vowed to seek agreement on ending the island’s four-decade division “as soon as possible,” relaunching peace talks Tuesday after nearly a two-year hiatus. Nicos Anastasiades and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart Dervis Eroglu endorsed a road map for the relaunch of the U.N.-brokered talks at a meeting …

Bosnian PM Nermin Niksic has proposed the holding of snap elections as a result of massive anti-corruption protests that have gripped the country. At present, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s constitution does not allow for the holding of early elections. Wednesday the PM of the Bosnian-Croatian federation within the larger Bosnia and Herzegovina confederative entity tabled to parliament a motion for legislative …

As the Turkish and Greek leaders of a divided Cyprus met for talks on Tuesday, US President Barack Obama welcomed the effort and urged the two sides to avoid any actions that could “escalate tension.” In a statement released

Croatian President Ivo Josipovic on Monday called for a peaceful end to social unrest in neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). He urged BiH to prevent the upheaval from turning into ethnic conflicts.

The European Union (EU) welcomed the agreement announced earlier Tuesday by the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on a Joint Declaration, which lays a solid foundation for resumption of negotiations for a fair and

The United Nations Security Council will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss the regular report of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the situation in Kosovo. Ivica Dačić, Serbia’s outgoing prime minister, will attend.

Protesters in Sarajevo have started throwing stones, garbage bins and road signs at police officers. An emergency situation has been declared around the building of the Sarajevo Canton government