Balkans

Croatian President Ivo Josipović and several Croat MPs welcomed Belgrade’s decision to drop charges against Tihomir Purda and two others. Josipović stressed that cooperation between countries had been seen to be the best way to prevent injustices such as the one suffered by Purda from being made. 

Belgrade-Priština negotiations will begin next week, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton’s Spokeswoman Maja Kocijančić announced. Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Petrović thinks that a priority should be the missing persons issue and other issues that concern every day life in Kosovo, such as license plates and personal …

Montenegrin Prime Minister Igor Luksic said that his country is ready to become a full member of NATO. His remarks came after meeting with the alliance’s leader in Brussels on Thursday. “We have shown in our past efforts…that Montenegro is ready, mature and responsible for complying with all the necessary tasks …

Montenegro’s Prime Minister Igor Luksic kicks off on Thursday (March 3rd) a two-day visit to Brussels where he will meet with senior EU and NATO officials as well as representatives of the Belgian government. The visit will be an opportunity to discuss Montenegro’s European and Euro-Atlantic bids and the priorities …

Kosovo Parliament will decide on the future talks with Serbia, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said on Wednesday (March 2nd). “I have full trust that we will have a co-operative approach, as we had earlier, in all important

Serbian War Crimes Prosecution has decided to give up on the criminal prosecution of Tihomir Purda, Danko Maslov and Petar Janjić due to a lack of evidence. The War Crimes Prosecution stated in a release that the

Montenegrin police on Wednesday night arrested Ivo Menzalin, who faces charges of war crimes committed at the Morinj detention camp near Kotor. Menzalin was arrested at the airport in Podgorica as he returned from Belgrade, on an Interpol warrant issued by an order of the High Court in Podgorica.

A new diplomatic mission of Azerbaijan started functioning in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Official opening of the representative office took place in Sarajevo on Tuesday, said the Azerbaijani Embassy in Serbia.

Serbian Kosovo talks team chief Borko Stefanović has confirmed that he met on Tuesday night in Belgrade with EU mediator Robert Cooper. They discussed preparations for the start of talks between Belgrade and Priština.

The European Union on Wednesday said its team of border guards will remain on Greece’s northeastern frontier with Turkey on a permanent basis in an effort to stop the stream of migrants coming into the bloc. In November, the EU’s border protection agency Frontex sent a 200-member force from 25 …