Balkans

Greek former prime minister Lucas Papademos said on Thursday that rejecting the tough terms of EU-IMF bailout would be “disastrous”. “Any modification…must be pursued in a spirit of consensus and with the full agreement of European peers,” Papademos said in an open letter posted on the prime minister’s website. “A …

Accordint to the first half year report on Schengen activity for Romania and Bulgaria, the European Commission said it is ready to pass any measure that might be requested to ensure that the Council on Justice and Home Affairs will take a positive decision in September. ”Even though, in June …

The second day of  Ratko Mladic’s trial started focusing on his role in the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995. Prosecutor Peter McCloskey said Mladic’s guilt for the Srebrenica genocide is evident: “This was and will remain genocide… the evidence of this crime

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Wednesday that it was not possible to re-negotiate an international aid plan for Greece. “This is an aid programme that was prepared down to the last detail, we cannot re-negotiate it,” Schaeuble said a day after the Greek political leaders announced that they are …

Greece will hold new elections on June 17, after members of parliament couldn’t agree on a coalition government following the last election earlier this month. A court official will be appointed PM of the interim government, but most likely will not influence internationally agreements.

The prosecution’s opening arguments mark the start of the trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, the last trial at the Hague Tribunal. Mladic entered the plea of not guilty to all 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the Srebrenica genocide calling the accusations …

Bosnia’s International high representative, Valentin Inzko, presented an optimistic half-year report on the implementation of the peace agreement in Bosnia to the UN Security Council on Tuesday. The report highlighted the long overdue

Resolving the “name” dispute with Greece remains the condition for Macedonia’s NATO accession, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. He said the Alliance’s position remains unchanged, and is still based on the

Ankara plans to promote NATO bid for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Georgia at the Chicago summit. Turkey will convey the

Bulgaria can play a crucial mediator role in getting Azerbaijan near to a European Union entry, according to Bulgarian Parliamentary Chair Tsetska Tsacheva. Tsacheva is currently on an official visit to Azerbaijan, where she has met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Tsacheva and Aliyev have discussed their countries’ cooperation in …