Balkans

A two-day general strike, which will practically paralyze the whole country, will be launched in Greece on Wednesday. The Civil Servants’ Confederation ADEDY representatives explained that workers in Greece could not live on their monthly wages any more, for which

Azerbaijani MP Ganira Pashayeva will today leave for Sofia to observe the presidential elections to be held in Bulgaria on Oct.23 as an observer of PACE. During the visit, Pashayeva will hold a series of meetings, including with the Central Election Commission Chairman and Secretary General of the Supreme Administrative …

A court in Serbia has decided that there are no legal grounds to extradite Bozidar Vucurevic to Croatia where he is wanted for ordering the shelling of Dubrovnik during Croatia’s war of independence. At the time relevant to the accusations, Vucurevic was wartime mayor of Trebinje, a town on the …

Witness due to speak about persecution of Bosniaks and Croats during course of Bosnian war in 1992. The trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic before the Hague Tribunal has continued with the examination of a protected prosecution witness behind closed doors.

“Greece has avoided meetings for months, whereas the ones held lack essence,” Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said. “The economic crisis has even given the country a better position among the international community. They

Mayors of Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo have offered KFOR a compromise solution for the current problem regarding the barricades, said reports. Kosovska Mitrovica Mayor Krstimir Pantić said the convoys of the NATO troops were offered to be able to “periodically pass through the municipalities in the north, but this …

“Part of the international community or some of its representatives have adopted a new policy for exerting pressure on Macedonia over the name issue by saying that Macedonia is not concentrated enough on the reforms but this approach is wrong and it would not bring the needed effect,” commented Macedonian …

The EU has decided to extend duty-free goods imports from Western Balkan countries until 2015 and the European Parliament approved the decision. This will be retroactively applied from Jan. 1 this year, by passing a regulation.

A delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will observe the holding of local elections in Bulgaria on October 23, which coincide with a presidential vote, the CE announced. The delegation of the Council of Europe will meet with government representatives, including members …

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged Serbia and Kosovo to patch up their boundary dispute, saying blocked borders were unacceptable. “I am urging them to resolve all the pending issues, it is unacceptable that the borders are blocked,” said Ban in Bern. “It is a many-year conflict, a political …