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The last of the four war-crimes cases concerning atrocities originally alleged to have been committed by former ethnic Albanian rebels during the 2001 armed conflict have been annulled by the Macedonian justice system. On Tuesday, the Prosecutor’s Office in Macedonia stated that it had given up from

There was no “significant progress” in the meeting with Serbian President Boris Tadić late on Sunday, said leaders of Serb municipalities from northern Kosovo. After the meeting in Belgrade, they stated that they received assurance that agreement on the deployment of Kosovo Albanian

Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Uzbekistan with a residence in Moscow Zeljko Janjetovic handed over credentials addressed to Uzbek President Islam Karimov to the Foreign Ministry, the ministry reported. During the meeting at the ministry, the sides discussed the Uzbek-Bosnian

In March 2012, the sea and air borders of Bulgaria and Romania should be included in the passport-free Schengen area and their land borders are expected to follow in July, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said. He was speaking during his visit to Brussels, where he attended the European Council …

KFOR commander general Erhard Drevs has said a new meeting with representatives of Kosovan Serbs might take place on Saturday. Meanwhile, ethnic Serbs are reinforcing the barricades close to the village of Zupce.

The checkpoints on the Macedonian-Greek border are open again. The checkpoints were closed due to Greek customs officers’ strike, which ended on Friday morning. Busy traffic is expected at all checkpoints.

Macedonia is prepared to achieve its strategic objective and fulfilling the tasks assigned. That’s why it expects European conduct from the EU, said Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov. “We have experienced many things in the past 20 years and we are prepared to achieve its strategic objective,” said Ivanov.

Albania’s government has ratified an agreement which unifies consular services and practices with Kosovo and halves costs for both countries. “Albanians should feel the same in Tirana and Pristina,” Prime Minister Sali Berisha during a cabinet meeting yesterday. He added that similar practices should be followed in other areas like …

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has vowed to closely monitor the European Council summit on Sunday 23 October, adding that he expects a vote to be held on Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen bids. On Thursday Boc acknowledged that both countries were facing certain political obstacles to their Schengen entry but …

The Hague Tribunal prosecution on Thursday submitted for the judges’ confirmation the third amended indictment against Ratko Mladić. The former military leader of Serbs in Bosnia is facing the added count for the execution by a firing squad of around 30 Muslims in the Šekovici municipality