Balkans

Police have detained the mayor of Skenderaj/Srbice, Sami Lushtaku, and four other suspects for alleged war crimes against civilian prisoners during the 1999 conflict. Officers from the EU rule-of-law mission EULEX and Kosovo police arrested the five men on Thursday on suspicion

Representatives of the Governments of Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia signed a memorandum of understanding, support and cooperation in the construction of two new pipelines – the Trans-Adriatic (Trans Adriatic Pipeline, TAP) and the

Serbian PM Ivica Dačić said after a meeting with his Montenegrin counterpart Milo Đukanović on Thursday that two countries’ relations were constantly improving. He said that they had discussed a possibility of joint sessions of the two governments.

Serbia’s First Deputy PM and Defense Minister Aleksandar Vučić met with Russian Defense Minister Segei Shoigu in Moscow on Thursday morning. Vučić and Shoigu discussed the implementation of the agreement on cooperation in the defense sector.

Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have agreed on a harmonized plan to implement the recent Brussels-led agreement, the EU foreign police chief announced. The EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said the prime ministers

The European Parliament will vote on the Resolution on the progress of Macedonia in 2012, proposed by British MEP Richard Howitt. “People in the country and the region should realise that the number of the amendments is really small and that there

Serbia’s First Deputy PM and Defense Minister Aleksandar Vucic met with Russian Defense Minister Segey Shoygu in Moscow on Thursday morning. The main topic of the meeting will be preparation of the agreement

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Tuesday briefed President Karolos Papoulias on his recent visits to China and Azerbaijan, describing the trips as positive.

Aleksandar Vučić is convinced Serbia will get the start date for the EU accession talks, and “not only because of the agreement with Priština. It will also happen “because EU institutions had commended the government for achieving progress in almost all areas,” the deputy PM said.

Political consultations between the foreign ministries of Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina focusing on bilateral ties and cooperation between the two with regard to regional issues are starting in İstanbul on Wednesday.