Balkans

The EU foreign ministers will likely discuss the next steps in BiH’s EU integration process in late February or March, Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, announced on last Saturday. The ministers were to debate BiH this month but decided to postpone it until the new …

International Civilian Office (ICO) head Pieter Feith is urging that the newly forming government observe high ethical standards. Feith said last Sunday that the government should

Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced that the division of Kosovo was not a viable option and the Alliance’s mission KFOR would continue to

Greece’s and Bulgaria’s plan to build a fence along the Turkish border is widely perceived as EU’s hidden intention to build a wall to mark its borders. Chairman of Turkish Center for International Relations and Strategic Analysis, Sinan Ogan, says Greece’s and Bulgaria’s intention to build a fence along the …

Poland accepted Macedonia’s bid to host the EU – Western Balkans interior ministers’ forum during the Polish presidency of the EU in the second half of 2011. This was the main topic at the meeting between interior ministers of Macedonia – Gordana Jankuloska and Poland – Jerzy Miller, part of …

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic says the EU will not impose any additional requirements for Serbia regarding Kosovo. The bloc will not require that the country reach “any particular outcome” in the forthcoming Belgrade-Pristina negotiations, Djelic said.

Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas said on Wednesday (January 19th) that his government will go ahead with a planned fence along its border with Turkey to stop the influx of illegal immigrants into the EU. “We are taking action while at once preserving a human face and respecting all our …

Croatia can complete its EU accession talks by June, the head of the EU Delegation to Croatia Paul Vandoren and Hungarian Ambassador to Zagreb Gabor Ivan said on Wednesday (January 19th).

Pharmacists, lawyers and railway workers launched a strike on Wednesday (January 19th) against austerity measures, including a proposal to open the so-called “closed professions”. Pharmacists and lawyers will strike for three days, while the railway workers’ action will last two days, cancelling all train services.

The council for protection of vital interests within Republika Srpska’s (RS) Constitutional Court decided on Wednesday (January 19th) to allow a complaint filed by the Bosniak caucus in the RS upper house against the