Bosnia and Herzegovina’s territorial integrity and the look-out for ways of functioning of the central power in Sarajevo will be the major topics for discussion at the meeting of the presidents of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which will be held at the Croatian Brioni resort on Monday. The …
Read More »Schengen is not the highest priority of Bulgaria, says the country’s EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva
Bulgaria will enter the Schengen Agreement, but its accession to the European border-free zone is not its highest prioriry right now, according to the country’s EU Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva.
Read More »EC to give evaluation on Serbia
The European Commission (EC) is working out its position on Serbia’s candidacy for EU membership. It is expected for the EC to give a positive evaluation for the country and make a recommendation for launching the accession talks. However, it is possible that Serbia will not become a EU member …
Read More »Turkey strongly supports UN negotiation process in Cyprus
Turkish Foreign Minister Recep Tayyip Davutoğlu warned on Wednesday that Turkey will not recognize Greek Cyprus’ presidency of the European Union, which it will assume in the middle of 2012, unless a deal to reunify the divided island is reached by that time.
Read More »Bulgarian, Turkish PMs discuss political and economic relations
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov visited Istanbul Saturday at the invitation of Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The two officials discussed about political and economic relations between the two countries.
Read More »German Ambassador in Pristina says that Serbia will be asked to recognize Kosovo during its EU accession
German Ambassador in Priština Hans-Dieter Steinbach has said his country “supports Kosovo’s and Serbia’s accession into the EU as two separate countries”. He added that Serbia will be asked to recognize Kosovo during its EU integration.
Read More »Turkish Cypriot leader unhappy about the speed of negotiations
Turkish Cypriot leader Derviş Eroğlu has accused his Greek Cypriot partners of foot-dragging in peace talks on the divided island but said progress can still be achieved by an October deadline set by the United Nations.
Read More »EULEX is not conducting an investigation in Kosovo organ traffiking accusations
EULEX is not conducting an investigation against Hashim Thaci or anybody else regarding Dick Marty’s report on human organ trafficking in Kosovo and Albania. “However, nobody, not even the prime minister, will be immune to the investigation if there is evidence,” EULEX Deputy Head Andy Sparks said Friday.
Read More »Presure on Limaj for War Crimes accusations
A Senior EULEX official urges ex-minister Fatmir Limaj to drop his immunity and face trial, while the US ambassador says Kosovo risks confronting ‘the world’ if it does not
Read More »Italian PM postponed his visit to Serbia
Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has postponed his visit to Belgrade on Friday. Berlusconi was hoping to the last moment that he would be able to visit Belgrade on Friday but that the delay had to take place due to a change in the budget-voting schedule. The Italian Prime Minister had …
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