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Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has replied to Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski’s letter of invitation for a meeting. Papademos has accepted the invitation and has proposed the meeting to be held in the frames of the Council of the EU in March. According to the Greek prime minister the dispute …

Bulgaria’s government should respect the right of ethnic self-determination, as well as the right of free unification of the members of the Macedonian minority and the Bulgarian Mohammedan in the country, said Rita Isaak, independent

If they are to make real progress towards EU integration, both Serbia and Kosovo will need to improve their relations, EU Commissioner Stefan Fule said. The EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan Fule, said Serbia will need to honour all agreed deals with Kosovo if it wants to make progress on …

Polls are closed in the two-day referendum in the four, predominantly Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo; turnout of 75.28 percent reported. According to the first, unofficial results, 99.74 percent

Prosecution of the ICTY has filed around 28,000 exhibits and will be calling 410 witnesses to testify in the case of Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb war commander. The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, has filed approximately 27,906 exhibits in the case …

Serbia today celebrates Statehood Day – February 15 marks two important dates from the country’s modern history and symbolizes the rebirth of the Serbian state. n 1804, the First Serbian Uprising

The citizens are on Wednesda voting in the second day of a referendum called in the four predominantly Serb municipalities of northern Kosovo. The voting is continuing for a second day in Kosovska Mitrovica, Zvečan and Zubin Potok, while

Greece will meet European Union demands for budget action and reform pledges from its political leaders ahead of a eurozone conference call later on Wednesday, the Greek finance minister said. “Only a few issues remain,” Finance Minister

Pristina has dismissed a referendum held by Serbs in the north of its territory as illegal and invalid. Voters in the referendum are being asked whether they recognise

Serbian authorities have asked the Hague tribunal to clarify reports about the destruction of evidence linked to allegations of organ trafficking in Kosovo. Rasim Ljajic, the head of Serbia’s council for cooperation with the tribunal, has written to