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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 …

A new Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre in southeastern Europe based in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, will open on Monday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Sunday.

Washington urges Pristina to be flexible in seeking a deal with Serbia on its representation at regional meetings – but Prime Minister Thaci has his own public opinion to consider. Washington has urged Kosovo to be flexible in finding a

Numbers of prosecuted war crimes in Croatia are “worryingly low”, claims Croatian state prosecutor Mladen Bajic. Only 109 out of a total of 490 war crimes in Croatia have been entirely prosecuted, Bajic

The UN mediator in the “name” dispute between Macedonia and Greece, Matthew Nimetz, kicks off his two-day visit to Skopje on Monday to examine its commitment to solving the long-standing issue. After his stay in Skopje, Nimetz heads to Athens to inspect the Greeks side.