Balkans

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

Germany and UK urged Bosnia on Tuesday to make important progress towards EU and NATO membership. “2012 can be the year when Bosnia-Hercegovina makes decisive strides towards both membership of the EU and NATO,” German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and his British counterpart William Hague said, according to the Bosnian …

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received yesterday the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov. The two stressed that the friendly relation between the Armenia and Bulgaria represent a good reason for improvement and development of cooperation in different fields like culture, education, high technologies, energy, tourism, agriculture and others, in which, according to …

Bosnia will mark on Friday 20 years since the 1992 war, a war that has left deeply divided the country’s Muslims, Serbs and Croats. War started on April 6, 1992, the same date when Bosnia was recognized as an independent country.