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Croatia is increasing efforts to combat corruption, and push through other reforms, Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor told European deputy Hannes Swoboda on Monday. Kosor told the visiting MEP Swoboda, who is the European Parliament Rapporteur for Croatia, that her government is intensively implementing its action plan, based on

The opposition Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) plans a rally Saturday (March 19th) in Cacak to protest “cosmetic changes” in the government, SNS official Marko Djuric said on Sunday.

Hashim Thaci believes that the recently launched Pristina-Belgrade talks are of a technical character and will end with Serbia’s recognition of Kosovo and with the integration of both

Croatian President Ivo Josipovic is paying a visit to Turkey. Josipovic was welcomed with an official ceremony in Ankara by his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul. A meeting between the two presidents started after the ceremony.

The meeting is to be held between political leaders and businessmen of the Western Balkan countries and the current and potential partners from the U.S., and Serbia has opted not to participate of attendance of Kosovo Albanian representatives. 

Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said on Friday (March 11th) that he will order the arrest of former Vice President Ejup Ganic and retired Army General Jovan Divjak if they enter the entity’s territory. Serbia

Branko Crvenkovski, leader of the opposition SDSM party, accepted an invitation on Friday (March 11th) to meet with Prime Minister and ruling VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski about a date for holding early

The UN war crimes tribunal announced on Friday (March 11th) it has granted temporary release to Franko Simatovic, a former commander of the special unit of Serbia’s State Security Service. He will be released from March

About 200 members of the Islamic Wahhabi movement gathered in front of the parliament building in Sarajevo on Saturday (March 12th) to protest the detention of seven Arabs suspected of posing a threat to national

Expressing determination for exploring all options to find a comprehensive and permanent solution to the Aegean dispute between Greece and his country, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu also encouraged Greece to give up its decades-old perception of Turkey as a threat.