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Blockade of Kosovo products by Serbia and Bosnia will be raised at the next Central European Free Trade Agreement meeting. Kosovo officials have rejected a proposal of an influential think-tank, the Gap Institute, to pull out of the Central European Free Trade Agreement if Serbia and Bosnia continue to block …

Former Bosnian Serb General Dragomir Milosevic was transferred on Tuesday (March 22nd) to Estonia to serve his 29-year sentence for crimes against civilians during the 44-month siege of Sarajevo in 1994-1995. The

Miroslav Lajcak, the EU mediator in efforts to resolve Albania’s political stalemate, reiterated on Tuesday (March 22nd) Brussels’ expectations for the country to move forward. The upcoming May 8th local elections are

The UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) will be in charge of running a population and buildings census in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo. Public Administration Ministry spokesperson Majlinde Sinani-Lulaj said on

The second meeting in scope of the Belgrade-Priština dialogue will be held in Brussels on March 28, the European Commission confirmed on Wednesday. The topics of the talks, according to the announcement, are yet to be defined with Belgrade and Priština.

Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says that Belgrade’s stance is that Kosovo institutions cannot conduct a population and property census in Serb enclaves. Priština authorities did not agree to an UN-monitored census south of the Ibar River and the UN only agreed to take census in the northern part …

Foreign Ministry of Bosnia-Herzegovina submitted a request on Tuesday for extradition of former Bosnian army General Jovan Divjak. Divjak is currently in Austria awaiting a court’s decision on his extradition to Serbia. He

Russian PM Vladimir Putin has arrived in Serbia, and is set to hold meetings with the country’s top officials, focusing on economic cooperation. Vladimir Putin is meeting with Serbia’s President Boris Tadić, PM Mirko Cvetković, and Parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović. 

Thursday’s meeting of Macedonian political leaders ended without agreement. After starting late and convening for less than an hour, the leaders came out with no agreement whatsoever on how to end the political gridlock caused by the opposition parliament boycott and a dispute over the date for the forthcoming election.

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Monday (March 21st) that the date of this year’s parliamentary elections will be announced by the end of June, when the country is expected to wrap up its EU accession talks.