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The fourth round of talks between Pristina and Belgrade ended in Brussels yesterday with both delegations describing the two-day meeting as productive, regarding the freedom of movement, free trade, telecommunications and energy. No results, however, were presented and no agreement was struck. Kosovo representative Edita Tahiri said that missing persons …

The Danish Special Prosecutor for International Crimes, Brigitte Vestberg, is willing to interview witnesses to the alleged killings of Serb civilians in Croatia in 1995. The Serbian prosecutor’s office

EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, calls on political leaders in Albania to overcome differences and find a solution to the dispute over the race for mayor of Tirana. “The narrow result in the mayoral elections in Tirana means that both

Chief UN war crimes prosecutor Serge Brammertz says that Serbia’s efforts to arrest war crimes indictee Ratko Mladic are insufficient. The report Brammertz submitted to the UN Security Council on Belgrade’s cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal, writes that Serbia’s existing strategy for the arrest of the two remaining …

European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule will visit Serbia today. They will have talks with Serbian President Boris Tadić and Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković. Most likely, the two EU officials will demand from the Serbian authorities to speed up the justice reforms and …

Leader of Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) Ali Ahmeti stated to his supporters that Albanian language will become official language in Macedonia. He pointed out that he doesn’t feel guilty for the postponement of the unification of the municipalities of Kichevo, Zayas and Oslomei, because due to this reason in …

EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has recommended to EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele that talks with Croatia on the judiciary chapter be finalised by June.

Stefano Sannino, deputy director-general of the EU’s Directorate General for Enlargement, said two days ago that Montenegro has made significant progress in meeting the criteria for EU membership but has a lot of work to do.Sannino was attending the second meeting of the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee in …

Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj says dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia is in the interest of both countries and their citizens. Hoxhaj rejected the

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia Ivica Dačić, says that it was unrealistic for Kosovo to remain a part of Serbia. One of the possible