Balkans

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Hashim Thaci, meeting that was held in Washington. Clinton has expressed support to Kosovo government’s efforts on country’s way to the Euro-Atlantic integration and called Belgrade and Pristina to continue the bilateral dialogue. “I welcome the EU’s decision to start examining country’s …

Skopje will become a NATO member state right after it solves the name issue with Greece, said Dutch Ambassador to Skopje Marriet Schurman. “Macedonia does not need a NATO summit to become a member. The country has an open invitation and it will come into force when the dispute is …

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has expressed hope the Serbian people will vote in favor of continuing down the European path. “As the moment when Serbia will make important internal decisions approaches, I wish to express

On Wednesday, Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, has urged Belgrade and Pristina to implement agreements they’ve reached. Clinton called on the two sides to fully implement the agreements they reached at an EU-facilitated dialogue. “We urge both countries to stay committed to the dialogue and to fully implement …

Belgrade has protested to the international community over this week attacks of Albanians on Serbs in Kosovo. Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic

Serbian President Boris Tadic and EC Director General for Enlargement Stefano Sanino will attend an EU accession group meeting in Belgrade on Wednesday. The meeting will concentrate on Serbia’s future steps towards EU and will present the experience and analysis of past and future activities aimed at Serbia’s efficient preparation …

Albanian Parliament Speaker Jozefina Topalli is on a visit to Skopje. During her visit Topalli will meet with Macedonian counterpart Trajko Veljanovski and will address to the members of the parliament.

Serbian President Boris Tadic will resign so that Serbia will hold joint parliamentary and presidential elections on May 6. “I decided to shorten my mandate to allow presidential elections to be held on May 6. I will be a candidate,” Tadic said. Serbia announced last month that parliamentary, regional and …

Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis is to visit Armenia on 3 and 4 April at the invitation of his Armenian counterpart Eduard Nalbandyan. The Cypriot minister will meet with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Armenian Patriarch Karekin II.

Bulgaria will close its diplomatic office in Bonn and will open one in Frankfurt, Germany. This decision will enable Bulgaria to have a more dynamic economic