At least six Kosovo Serbs and four NATO troops were injured in clashes at a disputed border crossing on Tuesday, NATO officials and local authorities said. Eyewitnesses said troops from the NATO peacekeeping force KFOR fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd rallying against the removal of a …
Read More »Romanian police officers will leave Kosovo by the end of this year
Bucharest will withdraw its police officers from Kosovo by the end of this year following the completion of their tour of duty. Romania’s Supreme Council of National Defence, CSAT, has decided that the 178 police officers currently
Read More »Serbia’s parliament adopts last important laws for EU candidate status
By an unusually large majority, Serbia’s parliament has passed two bills that it hopes will help it secure EU candidate status in October. Serbian parliamentarians on Monday adopted bills on public property and restitution of property, the last bills deemed as “musts” if Serbia is to meet the terms for …
Read More »Russia denies rumors about Putin’s visit to Serbia
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has denied that Putin will visit Belgrade in late October. “Prime Minister Putin is not coming to Belgrade in the end of October,” Peskov pointed out.
Read More »KFOR removed barricades in North Kosovo
KFOR bust a barricade on the road to Jarinje border checkpoint on Tuesday morning, using tear gas. KFOR arrested people who were on the barricades. The barricades of soil and gravel are being removed, too. The NATO staff arrest everyone crossing the border using alternative routes.
Read More »Finland says Romania and Bulgaria must fight against corruption to join Schengen
It is too early for Bulgaria and Romania to join Schengen, the Finnish Ambassador to Romania, Ulla Marianna Vaisto, has declared. Finland wants to see more progress in the anti-corruption fight undergone by the two states. ” The Schengen file will be sorted out”, the Finnish diplomat assured.
Read More »Angela Merkel reaffirms will to help Greece
The Greek prime minister said Tuesday that Athens would live up to the commitments that it has made to its international creditors as he urged Europe to pull together to take the steps needed to stem a potentially disastrous escalation in the debt crisis. Speaking later before the same group …
Read More »Croatia won’t drop genocide lawsuit against Serbia
The Croatian government will not drop the genocide lawsuit launched against Serbia, Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said in Vukovar on Saturday 24 September. Kosor said that “such a decision can only be passed by the government and the Croatian cabinet will not do this.”
Read More »Greek PM calls Turkish counterpart on Cyprus gas drilling issue
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called his Turkish counterpart Monday to discuss the dispute about gas drilling in the Mediterranean between Turkey and Cyprus, a Turkish official announced. “Both parties stressed their
Read More »Serbian Chief negotiator for Kosvo to discuss situation with EU and United States
Despite the unwillingness of the authorities in Pristina to discuss the situation in North Kosovo and Jarinje and Brnjak checkpoints in the next round of talks, Serbian officials are set to put the two issues on the agenda of the dialog. It is expected Serbia’s chief negotiator Borislav Stefanovic will …
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