Bosnia will seek EU candidacy status in December despite an ongoing stalemate in forming a central government, a top official said on Wednesday. “I think we will submit this year, namely in December, a candidacy to join the European Union,” Muslim member of Bosnia’s
Read More »Skopje wins case against Greece at ICJ on 2008 NATO membership
The International Court of Justice, ICJ, in The Hague on Monday found Greece guilty of breaching the UN 1995 deal with Macedonia by blocking the country’s membership of NATO in 2008. The president of the court, Judge Hisashi Ovada, said the judges had ruled by 15
Read More »Witness testifies on exhumation of 2,500 Srebrenica victims in Karadzic trial
A prosecution witness in the trial of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Thursday testified before the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on exhumation of 2,500 victims killed by Serb forces in eastern town of Srebrenica in July 1995.
Read More »Belgrade-Pristina talks ended with no results
Another round of talks between Belgrade and Priština was completed in Brussels late on Thursday without “final results”. An agreement on administrative crossings and Priština’s participation in regional forums was
Read More »Angela Merkel says that Serbia is not ready for EU candidate status yet
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated on Friday that Serbia did not meet the conditions for obtaining the EU candidate status at the moment. She called on the Serbian government to shift its orientation.
Read More »Austrian Major General Robert Brieger will command EUFOR in Bosnia
Austrian Major General Robert Brieger will take over command of the European Union’s military force in Bosnia on December 6, the defence ministry said Friday.
Read More »Serbian President urges Kosovo Serbs to protest peacefully
Speaking in Bosnia, Serbian President says he supports right to protest, but only by peaceful methods. Serbs needed to take down their barricades in northern Kosovo, Serbia’s President, Boris Tadic, told
Read More »Balkan officials meet to strengthen cooperation against organised crime
Judicial experts from the region meeting in Belgrade pledged to strengthen cooperation in the fight against organised crime in Southeastern Europe. Regional judicial experts meeting in Serbia at a summit on organized crime in Southeastern
Read More »Skopje officials seek timeframe for settling the name dispute with Greece
In a bid to end the stalemate over Macedonia’s name, Macedonia is proposing a time-frame to Greece to settle the dispute that is blocking the country’s accession to the EU and NATO. Macedonia is proposing that at the December 9 EU Council
Read More »Serbian FM says UN must prevent unilateral actions in Kosovo
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić asked Tuesday the UN Security Council to ensure that unilateral actions are no longer allowed. The security situation in our southern province of Kosovo and Metohija has been greatly aggravated since the end of the previous reporting period,” Jeremić said.
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