Balkans

Relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Macedonia are not at all marred by open political issues. Our duty is only to resume the cooperation, urged Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after meeting with his Macedonian host and counterpart Antonio Milososki on Wednesday in Ohrid.

Macedonian President George Ivanov refuted media statements that the country has reached an agreement with Greece on the name issue which will be announced after the parliamentary elections.

Serbia’s Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic has sent a proposal for an investigation into allegations of organ trafficking in Kosovo and Albania to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Jeremic sent the letter to Ban on Tuesday afternoon, after he discussed the issue with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, who was in …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov heads to Macedonia on Wednesday for a one-day visit to discuss boosting bilateral ties and economic relations, especially in the energy and investment sectors.

Serbia needs to achieve political stability and unity for further progress in its EU accession bid, Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said on Monday (April 18th) at an EP-Serbia

Croatia will close two more chapters in its EU accession talks Tuesday (April 19th) when a delegation finalises negotiations on agriculture and rural development and regional policy at

Bulgaria would join the Schengen area, but France needs more time to be convinced of its readiness, French Interior Minister Claude Gueant said on Monday. “Accession to Schengen requires a number of conditions to be completed — from technical preparedness and general behavior, to tackling crime

Bulgarian Socialist MEP Kristian Vigenin’s appointment as the new rapporteur to the European Parliament on all matters concerning Macedonia, has made officials in Skopje unhappy, media reports in Macedonia said. “The next rapporteur on Macedonia has to be a MEP who enjoys a great reputation and is well respected,” Macedonian …

Bosnia’s two main Croat parties will officially launch the Croat National Assembly, HNS, on Tuesday in Mostar, a move they say will give a true voice to Croats in Bosnia. The Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, and its sister party the HDZ 1990, along with several minor Croat political organisations, launched …

Croatia plans to launch initiatives to refute the findings of the UN war crimes court that Croatian political and military leaders participated in a joint criminal enterprise during the war in the 1990s. Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Monday that the government was planning to take action to …