Balkans

Bulgarians view the European Union more favorably than any other EU member state, according to the latest Eurobarometer public opinion survey. The poll results were announced Friday by the European Parliament and have to do with the EP elections in 2014, BTA reported.

The creation of new jobs is “the only problem for the Bulgarian government”, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov believes, according to the record of the weekly Cabinet sitting released Friday. “The creation of new jobs is the most important thing. At the moment, we must focus on job creation because …

The Kosovo government deported the head of Serbia’s Kosovo Office, Aleksandar Vulin, for deviating from his agreed agenda.Kosovo deported the head of Serbia’s Kosovo Office, Aleksandar Vulin, on Friday, police said. Vulin, who was on a two-day visit to Kosovo, for which he was given “green light” by the authorities …

Serbia is trying to improve safety and security by launching an online platform, which enables people to anonymously report on weapons held in their areas.As of Friday, Serbians can anonymously and safely report any weapons they know are being stored in their areas via the new “Targeting Weapons” website. The …

Patriarch Irinej, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, will participate in the international peace conference in Sarajevo, seen as the most important recent religious summit in the region.The conference, entitled “Our future is living together – Religion and Culture in Dialogue”, is the first joint gathering of religious and state …

Serbia’s new government has promised to bring in fresh legislation guaranteeing freedom of the media as well as acting on the basis of the media strategy – the key stategy document adopted by the last government.Bratislav Petkovic, Serbia’s Culture and Information Minister, said that the government will adopt a package …

The investigation into alleged corruption in the Ministry of Transport may result in an indictment of former minister Fatmir Limaj being issued in October.Limaj, now an MP in parliament from the ranks of the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, may be soon charged with corruption during his time as the …

Retrial of former policemen charged with deporting refugees from Montenegro to Bosnian Serbs in 1992 began on Thursday with the indictees pleading not guilty.The retrial is taking place after the acquittal of the nine police officers charged with war crime against civilians was overturned in March. Milisav Markovic, Milorad Ivanovic, …

The parliaments of Bosnia’s two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, have rebalanced their budgets as a condition for a new stand-by arrangement with the IMF.After the House of Representatives in the Federation entity supported the entity government’s rebalanced 2012 budget on Thursday, Bosnia is awaiting …

Reversing his previous position, Socialist leader Edi Rama said his party will vote in favour of government plas to reform immunity laws – even though the government has refused to consider other reforms proposed by the opposition.Socialist leader Edi Rama said he will not stand in the way of reforms …