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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. 

The European Commission (EC) has worked out a proposal for lifting the visa-free regime for Macedonia and Serbia. The idea has been launched by Belgium. Europe is discussing changes of the Schengen rules because of the inflow of immigrants from North Africa and the non-observation of the visa-free regime of …

Macedonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed a protest note to Greek Ambassador to Skopje Alexandra Papadopoulou because of the attitude towards Macedonian diplomats in Greece. 

The EU would be willing to discuss judicial reforms in BiH if Republika Srpska (RS) postpones or revokes its decision to hold a referendum, Charge d’Affaires of the European