As tensions continue to mount in the Serb-run enclave of northern Kosovo, the Serbian government has vowed to defuse growing anger over the situation in parliament. Serbia’s government says it is finalising work on a declaration on the situation
Read More »Greek crisis delayed resolving the name dispute with neighbouring Macedonia
The Greek crisis means it is unmotivated to hold talks aimed at resolving the name dispute, according to Macedonian foreign minister Nikola Poposki. Though he acknowledged the urgency of the situation, Poposki said that the dispute will not be solved by applying the Croatia-Slovenia model – international arbitration by the …
Read More »UN report on Kosovo says the security has worsened in July
The operation of the special Kosovan forces in North Kosovo in July has worsened security, reads a report of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. According to Ban Ki-moon the number of incidents against Serbian community has increased. The report says also that special police units in Kosovo tried to …
Read More »Serbs in north stop several KFOR vehicles
Serbs in northern Kosovo early on Monday stopped and turned back several KFOR vehicles on the road leading to the Jarinje administrative checkpoint. Their local representatives said the passage of NATO troops was “not harmonized with heads of local self-governments in northern Kosovo”.
Read More »Serbia wants to join Caspian gas project (AGRI)
Serbian President Boris Tadic said that the country wants to join the Azerbaijan- Georgia-Romania-Interconnection liquefied natural gas project as it seeks to diversify its supplies. Serbia currently imports gas only from Russia through Ukraine and Hungary.
Read More »Greece’s two biggest parties to choose new Prime Minister
The leaders of Greece’s two biggest parties are due to resume talks Monday to agree on who should be the country’s new prime minister, after reaching a historic power-sharing deal to push through a massive financial rescue deal that will prevent imminent bankruptcy.
Read More »Bulgaria’s Ethnic Turkish Party wants presidential vote cancelled
Bulgaria’s ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) believes that there are reasons for seeking a cancellation of end-October’s presidential elections and remains ready to discuss various methods of contesting the results.
Read More »Six balkan countries met in Kosovo to boost security cooperation
Six Balkan defence ministers, minus Serbia’s, meeting in Kosovo, have pledged to work closer together on tackling regional stability. Defence Ministers from Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo meeting in Peja, Kosovo, agreed on Friday to boost cooperation on regional security issues.
Read More »Jose Manuel Barroso: it is up to Greece to decide its own future
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said it was up to Greece to decide whether it should stay in the euro area or not and not to the authorities in the monetary union. “We would like them to stay… in the end it depends on them,” he said. He added …
Read More »EC to make a plan in case Greece leaves the euro area
The European Commission (EC) has ordered an action plan to be worked out in case Greece leaves the euro area. The issue has been discussed during the G20 summit in Cannes in the frames of informal consultations. “The situation in the euro area has drastically changed after the decision to …
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