Balkans

Poul Thomsen, the head of the IMF team for Greece, is set to visit the country after the May 6 election before a mission visit takes place the following month. He is likely to conduct a staff visit that will last a couple of days to assess the situation in …

Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Miroslav Naydenov and Moldova’s Prime Minister Vlad Filat took part in the official opening of a Bulgarian-Moldovan business forum. “Such events give opportunities for establishing contacts with

Police in Kosovo arrested two Serbs on Saturday and they will appear in court on Monday after spending 48 hours in police custody. The Police said the two violated people’s equal rights by

Borislav Mikelic will be retried at the request of his lawyer after being sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in 1993 in absentia. A pretrial hearing will be held on April 23

Kosovo Police said it investigates rumors regarding armed Kosovo Albanian groups in the northern Serb-run part of Kosovo. On Friday, Mitrovica’s Chief Prosecutor Shyqri Syla pledged to act if any evidence is found. Syla said the prosecution office is working closely with the Kosovo Police, who are working on the …

Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Bukoshi is to deliver a public lecture titled ‘Euro-Atlantic Orientation of Republic of Kosovo’ in Sofia on Friday at 4:00 p.m. local time. The meeting is to be attended also by Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister Musa Xhaferi.

Eight Bosnian Muslim wartime officials went on trial on Thursday accused of the torture and abuse of Serbs in detention camps near the Serb-besieged capital Sarajevo, 20 years after the start of the 1992-95 war.

Albanian President Topi on Thursday started a visit for two days to Skopje after tensions raised towards country’s Albanian minority. “Each nationalistic or ultra-nationalistic reflex or a climate of prejudice harms relations between Macedonians and ethnic Albanians in Macedonia as well as regional relations,” Topi said. Topi urged people to …

Boyko Borisov, the Bulgarian Prime Minister, stressed the importance of gas interconnection projects for energy security after a Thursday meeting with Moldovan Prime Minister Vladimir Filat. “I hope that we shall be able to achieve the much desired diversification in the region

Romanian Foreign Minister Christian Diaconescu said in Brussels on Thursday that Romania has the same position on Kosovo and will not recognize it’s independence. He further noted that Kosovo did not meet the requirements of the international law to be a state. “For our part, we clearly expressed our position, …