Balkans

Retired Bosnian Army general Jovan Divjak, who was arrested in Vienna in March on a Serbian warrant, has asked Austria to allow him to return to Bosnia as soon as possible. Divjak, who was released on bail shortly after his arrest, is awaiting extradition hearings in Austria. Serbia has requested …

The EU said on Thursday that Serbia and Macedonia “have made some progress” in cutting down on asylum seekers, calming fears that bloc would propose a temporary suspension of the visa-free regime. 

The EU Council of Ministers did not discuss any temporary suspension of visa-free regime for the Western Balkans countries. The ministers have concluded that the Western Balkan countries “have made certain progress” even though “many asylum

The EU has decided to appoint a special prosecutor and a team to investigate the Kosovo human organ trafficking allegations. A team of 7 people, headed by a special prosecutor is expected to carry out the investigation. In March, EULEX said that a special team of prosecutors and investigators would …

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Belgrade this afternoon and started her visit to Serbia. Clinton arrived here from Bosnia, for meetings with top Serbian state officials, and first met with Serbian President Boris Tadić.

The NATO-led mission in Kosovo says that a recent government memo proposing a new policing role for the Kosovo Security Forces has no legal basis. “There is no legal basis that can give the Kosovo Security Forces, KSF, the right to carry out

As Zagreb awaits good news on its EU entry talks on Friday, Serb refugees from Croatia are hoping to postpone the country’s membership until their demands are met. The Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia, made up of ethnic Serbs who fled Croatia during the conflict in the 1990s, is …

France has cited corruption at the borders as the main argument for delaying Bulgaria and Romania’s entry into the EU passport-free Schengen area, though acknowledging the two countries have met all technical requirements.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev started his two-day visit to Serbia on Wednesday – today he and Serbian counterpart Boris Tadić will be in Novi Sad. Aliyev said yesterday that cooperation between the two countries had significantly stepped up lately, and that this visit showed that relations between them had strategic …

At the trial of Radovan Karadzic, the indictee says that Bosniak and Croat leaders began arming themselves before Serbs, and therefore bear responsibility for the start of the war. During cross-examination, Karadzic said that Prosecution witness Patrick Treanor failed to consider many things when he made his conclusions, adding that …