Balkans

Greece scrambled Wednesday to adopt a batch of emergency laws that will further cut incomes and government spending, while revising deficit estimates higher, a day after securing a new bailout and debt relief deal designed to stave off bankruptcy. 

The new central government of Bosnia and Herzegovina aims to meet all conditions set by the European Union over the next month and apply for membership by the end of June, Bosnian PM announced. The move comes after Muslim, Serb and Croat leaders

The negotiations between teams of Belgrade and Priština were set to continue on Tuesday in Brussels, but the meeting has been postponed for Wednesday. This was announced after it became clear that the Priština delegation, that was

Greek-Macedonian “name” dispute is a global and regional security issue the UN mediator, Matthew Nimetz, said on Monday during his two-day visit to Macedonia. Nimetz conveyed this message to the Macedonian

Having met with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Skopje, the UN envoy in the Greek-Macedonian name issue Matthew Nimetz said he did not suggest a new solution to the name dispute. “I suggest a solution, when I think the time

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos pronounced himself “very happy” Tuesday with a massive 237-billion-euro ($310 billion) bailout agreed by eurozone partners and private creditors. “We’re very happy,” Papademos said after

The negotiations between teams of Belgrade and Priština were set to continue on Tuesday in Brussels, with regional representation of Kosovo on the agenda. However today’s meeting, that was set to start at 10:00 CET, has

Eurozone finance ministers on Tuesday reached an agreement on a second bailout for Greece, after 13 hours of talks held in Brussels. In return for loans worth more than EUR 130bn, Greece will have to

Danish Minister for European Affairs Nicolai Wammen expressed hope on Monday that Serbia will be granted EU candidate status on March 1. He told reporters that the decision will be based on Serbia’s achievements “and not on any letters”.

An envoy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will on Monday start his visit to Serbia, it has been confirmed by the Russian embassy in Belgrade. The embassy said that Dolgov, the MFA’s human rights, democracy and rule of law emissary, will spend three days in Serbia. Dolgov will …