Balkans

Valentin Inzko hopes that Bosnia will achieve its goals in 2012

Council of Ministers in Bosnia recently reached an agreement on measures to resolve concrete issues regarding the EU, High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko said. As a result of the agreement, Inzko expects this year to be better for Bosnia-Herzegovina even though 2011 has been lost. 

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Afghanistan will move embassy from Bulgaria to Greece

Afghanistan would shut its embassy in Bulgaria and open a mission in Greece in a few months to assist thousand of illegal migrants in that country, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday. The embassy in Athens would open by the end of March to address …

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U.S. extradites war crimes suspect in 1990s

The United States on Tuesday extradited a Muslim Bosnian woman suspected of killing six Croats in 1993 during a war that ripped the region apart, the prosecutor’s office in Sarajevo, Bosnia, said. The woman, Rasema Handanovic, 39, is suspected of taking part in the mass killings of Croatian civilians in …

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Georgian appoints new ambassadors to Greece and Romania

The Georgian Parliament approved the candidacies of new ambassadors to Greece and Romania on Tuesday. President of Georgia introduced his nominees David Bakradze to Greece and Ilia Giorgadze to Romania to the parliament’s approval. The candidates were interviewed in the committees of the legislative body before they pass approval at …

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Serbia can’t be EU member without Kosovo recognition, says foreign minister

It will not be possible for Serbia to become a EU member state without formal recognition of Kosovo, said Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic. Jeremic remarked that four foreign ministers of EU member states have told him that. In his words, no one from the international community has considered proposing …

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