Balkans

A new round of negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina, expected on Saturday, may result in agreements on greater freedom of movement between the two estranged countries. The fifth round of Belgrade-Pristina talks is likely to result in closure of a chapter on freedom of movement between the two peoples.

Serbia is continuing to demand that the UN Security Council establish its own independent investigation into human organ-trafficking in the Kosovo war. Serbia will “continue asking the Security Council to adopt a decision enabling the organization

The United States Embassy commends the Moldovan government for concluding an agreement with Ukraine to fully resolve the border demarcation of the Odesa-Reni highway at Palanca.

Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić welcomed the decision of the Dutch Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee to initiate the process of ratification of SAA between Serbia and the EU. The move is very important for Serbia’s negotiations with the EU, the Serbian deputy PM in charge of EU integration said on …

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has told Serbian President Boris Tadic that Belgrade can rely on Bulgaria’s support for starting and holding EU accession negotiations. The two officials talked on Thursday during a summit of Southeast European Cooperation Process on the Montenegrin island of Sveti Stefan. “This support is extremely …

The Dutch parliament’s European Affairs Committee approved the ratification of Serbia’s Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU. This is according to MP Henk Jan Ormel.

Four Romanian policemen have arrived at the District Police in Bulgaria’s Dobrich in order to start patrolling the northernmost part of the Bulgarian Black Sea resorts together with their local colleagues. The joint Bulgarian-Romanian patrols of Bulgaria’s Black Sea resorts for the 2011 summer season start as of July 1. …

Croatia will close the four remaining policy chapters and formally complete its EU accession negotiations at a ministerial accession conference on Thursday afternoon, just a few hours prior to the end of Hungary’s EU presidency term. The European Council last week adopted a political decision to complete negotiations with Croatia. …

NATO’s secretary general met top Montenegrin officials in Budva on Wednesday, marking the first anniversary of Montenegro’s Membership Action Plan, MAP, for the alliance. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, met Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic and Prime Minister Igor Luksic to discuss progress made in the

The summit of heads of state and government of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) today began in Sveti Stefan, Montenegro. The South East Europe Cooperation Process is a regional initiative started in June 1996 during a meeting