EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will meet with top Serbian officials on Thursday in Belgrade, before heading south to Pristina. She will meet with Serbian President Boris Tadic, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, the head of Belgrade’s team in the dialogue with Pristina, Borislav Stefanovic, and
Read More »Ratko Mladic was arrested
Ratko Mladic has been arrested, Serbian President Boris Tadic has confirmed. Serbian President Boris Tadic said that Mladic was arrested in Serbia on Thursday, and that the extradition process is underway.
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The outcome of the May 8th local elections is being closely watched by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele. In a
Read More »New contempt charges filed against Seselj
The UN war crimes tribunal announced on Tuesday (May 24th) it has filed contempt of court charges against Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj for the third time.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal reiterated on Wednesday that Serbia’s further progress in the EU integration process will depend on its co-operation with The Hague war crimes tribunal. Chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz will present his report to the UN Security Council next month. The Netherlands insists on Belgrade’s full co-operation, …
Read More »Belgrade will not sign agreements with Priština
Head of Belgrade’s negotiating team Borislav Stefanović has said that no agreement will be signed with representatives of Priština’s negotiating team. He added that the agreements that the two parties could reach would be implemented by the governments and monitored by the European Union.
Read More »Serbia’s decision to boycott Warsaw summit is final
Decision of the Serbian President Boris Tadic not to take part in the summit of the Central and South Eastern European countries which will be held on May 27 and 28 in Warsaw is final and there will be compromise, Tadic office announced. The Serbian President has decided to boycott …
Read More »Macedonian PM: People to choose pro-Macedonian or pro-Greek coalition
Macedonia’s Prime Minister and leader of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski stated in Bitola that Macedonia has choose on the elections on June 5 between a pro-Macedonian and pro-Greek coalition. According to Gruevski smaller rightists parties – of Ljube Boskovski and Ljubco Georgievski worked for the interests of the opposition Social Democratic …
Read More »EU will not impose visa regime for Macedonia
The European Commission will not impose visa regime for Macedonian citizens. That is what EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström stated. “EU is pleased with measures taken by the Macedonian government to reduce number of false refugees”, Cecilia Malmström stated.
Read More »Bosnia negotiations for new state government to intensify next week
Consultations on appointing a new chair of the Council of Ministers are to begin next week, but there is still no agreement between parties about the main posts in the state government.
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