Balkans

Creation of a “Greater Albania” would harm not only Serbs but also other neighboring nations, Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović has said. He added that this would also destabilize the entire region and that the Serbian government opposed forming any unreal countries.

Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga has stated that partition of Kosovo and exchange of territory are not good solutions. She said that Kosovo would not discuss its internal issues with anyone. Jahjaga stressed that she could not say whether Belgrade would request partition “although the parties in the dialogue do not …

Western Balkan countries’ foreign ministers will meet with their counterparts from the EU member states in Luxembourg on Monday. They will discuss cooperation as a part of the stabilization and association process. This is a regular ministerial meeting as a part of the EU-Western Balkans Forum. 

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Sunday called for a referendum on constitutional reform in the fall. Speaking in parliament, Papandreou said the referendum should discuss “changes to the political system” but

Top international envoy to Bosnia Valentin Inzko urged Bosnia’s ethnically divided politicians on Thursday to quickly form a government after the nomination of Bosnian Croat Slavo Kukic as prime minister. “The political elite of Bosnia-Hercegovina must agree as quickly as possible on the formation of a new government. Eight and …

Vincent Degert, head of the European Union’s delegation to Serbia, announced on Thursday the formation of a joint regional body to resolve the refugee problems resulting from the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Freshly elected MPs in the Social-Democrat-led opposition bloc have announced they are forming their own caucus – but deny plans to join the rightist government. Two prominent opposition MPs, Tito Petkovski and Fijat Canovski, announced

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said that there were no new conditions for Serbia’s on its path toward the EU. He repeated that it was necessary for Serbia to fulfill the Action plan which had been adopted earlier by the Serbian government in order to get the EU candidate status.

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration Bozidar Đelić presented on in Brussels presented proposals on EU financial assistance. The suggestions were made in conversation with three EU commissioners in charge of financial affairs, and focused on how to make EU assistance to Serbia and other regional countries more efficient.

Washington “absolutely rejects the idea of a division of Kosovo as it is dangerous for Kosovo and the entire Balkans”, a U.S. State Department official said. Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon was in Priština on Thursday.