Kosovo and Serbia have said that some progress has been made on issues of cadastre and land registers, as well as energy supply, at the second round of talks in Brussels. “There has been some progress on the cadastre and registers and issues of energy supply (…) and we hope …
Read More »Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian PMs to meet
Serbian President Boris Tadic will meet with the prime ministers of Slovenia and Croatia in Smederevo on Friday to discuss economic cooperation and international issues. The gathering in the central Serbia town will be the officials’ second trilateral meeting. The first was held in the Slovenian city of Ptuj in …
Read More »EU Commissioner Stefan Fuele says EU enlargement process will continue
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said on Saturday (March 26th) that there is no enlargement fatigue and this year will be important for the process. Fuele held talks with Montenegrin Prime Minister Igor Luksic on
Read More »Inzko suspends CIK’s decisions on FBiH authorities
High Representative Valentin Inzko has suspended decisions of the Central Election Commission (CIK) regarding the formation of authorities in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH). CIK spokesperson Maksida
Read More »Stefan Fule: Serbia may get EU member state candidate status by end-2011
It is possible for Serbia to obtain a status of EU member state candidate by the end of the year, said European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule. The European Commissioner also expressed his hope that the EU will make no difference between the member state status and the beginning of …
Read More »Tadic: Serbia tries to solve historical conflict of Serbs, Albanians in Kosovo
Serbian President Boris Tadic said that Serbia is ready to solve the historical conflict between the Serbs and the Albanians in Kosovo. “Serbia is trying to solve the hundred-year old conflict of the Serbs and the Albanians,” Tadic remarked. In his words, if the Serbs are asked whether they are …
Read More »Macedonia’s opposition says the country’s PM does not want democratic elections
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski does not want fair and democratic elections, said Radmila Sekerinska, MP with opposition Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM). In Sekerinska’s words, the elections should be based on a compromise between the ruling and the opposition. According to her, the elections were such when Gruevski’s …
Read More »Belgrade-Priština negotiations continue in Brussels
Delegations of Belgrade and Priština are continuing their Kosovo talks on Monday in Brussels, and are expected to be meeting for one day. Ahead of the new round of talks, Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said the country wold not allow
Read More »Bulgarian Parliament’s Speaker visits Georgia
A Bulgarian delegation headed by the Parliament Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva started official visit to Georgia on Monday. Tsacheva will hold the first meeting with her Georgian counterpart David Bakradze. The Georgian and Bulgarian parliaments’ speakers will hold a joint press conference after the meeting. After the meeting with Bakradze, Tsacheva …
Read More »Bosnia: Serb, Croat leaders to co-operate in government formation
Leaders of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Croatian Democratic Union of BiH (HDZ BiH), and HDZ 1990 signed a declaration in Mostar on Friday (March 25th) on co-operation in efforts to overcome the crisis in forming a new central government. They urged …
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