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Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says that partitioning Kosovo would be the only viable long-term solution. On May 15th, he said that Serb-dominated parts of Kosovo should be acceded to Serbia, while the Albanian-populated part should be allowed to secede. The minister stressed that this is his personal opinion, adding …

Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will send a report on Serbia’s cooperation with the tribunal to the UN Secretariat on May 17. The document will then be distributed to all members of the UN Security Council. Brammertz will address the UN Security Council on June 6, the Hague Tribunal …

Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi said that Germany and France are seeking a compromise to allow Romania and Bulgaria into Schengen in the fall of 2011.

UN Security Council members have agreed that it is necessary to investigate claims of organ trafficking in Kosovo and Albania, but have failed to reach consensus on who should lead the probe. The US, Britain, Germany and France said during the Security Council session on Thursday that the EU mission …

Republika Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik cancelled a referendum aimed to contest the legitimacy of the state-level judiciary on last Friday. Dodik said the decision followed his meeting

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele urged the Serbian government to boost efforts to fulfil EC conditions for candidate status this year. A positive report by The Hague war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz and concrete progress in bilateral talks with Pristina are key conditions to be met, Fuele said …

BiH’s war crimes court sentenced former Bosnian Serb police officer Dragan Crnogorac on Friday (May 13th) to 13 years in prison for war crimes. According to the court, Crnogorac was involved in the apprehension and

Croatia’s Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Friday (May 13th) that wrapping up EU accession talks by the end of June is a realistic target. According to her, Zagreb has met all criteria in the critical field of judicial

To commemorate national leader Heydar Aliyev’s 88th anniversary, the Azerbaijani Embassy in Greece held the Day of Azerbaijan at the Athens campus of the University of Indianapolis – the largest university in Greece.

Head of the Belgrade negotiating team Borislav Stefanović is visiting Priština today where he will meet with Kosovo officials. This is the first time since Kosovo Albanians unilaterally declared independence that a Serbian official is visiting Priština.