Balkans

Serbia alarmed by new Kosovo recognitions

After mini-wave of recognitions of Kosovo’s independence, Belgrade plans a last stand at the forthcoming Non-Aligned Movement summit. Serbia plans to use September’s meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Belgrade to halt a new wave of recognitions of Kosovo, which Serbia insists is still a province of Serbia.

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Greek PM says early elections are not the right solution for the country’s problems

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said that he has no plans to call early elections and vowed to press ahead with the government’s reform agenda. Papandreou acknowledged that the reforms had provoked public discontent and would continue to do so, while acknowledging that the government had made

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Angela Merkel to visit Belgrade tomorrow, the meeting will focus on Kosovo

Angela Merkel will start an official visit to Belgrade on Tuesday, the first to Serbia by a German Chancellor in eight years. Serbian President Boris Tadic will welcome Merkel on August 23, following weeks of hightened tension between Belgrade and Pristina over the troubled north of Kosovo, a subject which …

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Hadzic is set to enter plea on August 24

Croatian Serb wartime leader Goran Hadzic is set to enter plea on August 24. Hadzic appeared before court on July 25, but refused to enter plea at the UN war crimes court at The Hague. He told the judges he had read the indictment against him, but declined to enter …

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German ambassador to Serbia says that Kosovo is mandatory for EU integration

German Ambassador in Belgrade Wolfram Maas has said that recognition of Kosovo’s independence has never been a condition for Serbia’s EU integration. “But what we do expect is to solve problems that will allow normalization of relations. We know from experience that there is a large maneuvering space there,” he …

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