Balkans

Montenegrin PM and opposition hold new round of talks about the country’s language

Montenegrin PM Igor Lukšić and opposition parties will hold today a new round of talks on the language taught in schools and the name of that subject. PZP will table the proposition that the school subject be called native language and literature.

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Stefan Fule visits Macedonia

Stefan Fuele is due in Macedonia on Monday, conducting a closer inspection of recent reforms enacted with a view to meeting EU demands. Fuele’s visit comes one month before the expected publication of a European Commission report on the country.

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Bosnia’s biggest parties to discuss new government

Leaders of the six biggest political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina will meet in Mostar on Monday to discuss the formation of a new state government, eleven months after the country’s last election. Ahead of the meeting, members of two political parties in the Republika Srpska met in the mountain …

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Serbia sigen 1 billion euro agreement with IMF

The IMF agreed standby loan of about 1 billion euro aimed at underwriting Serbia’s economic stability and attracting much-needed foreign investment. After a previous IMF deal expired earlier this year, Serbian officials sought a new precautionary arrangement with the IMF, worried

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Balkan UNESCO summit started

Serbian President Boris Tadić opened the ninth UNESCO summit South-East European heads of state on Friday morning. The summit dubbed “Contemporary Art and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe” is held at the Viminacium archeological site, eastern Serbia.

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