Balkans

The latest International Crisis Group report  released on Tuesday states that EU should take the leading role in BiH this year, allowing the Office of the High Representative to withdraw from domestic politics and focus on reviewing past decisions. 

A joint committee of the Republika Srpska (RS) parliament and the Council of Peoples on Tuesday (January 11th) failed to reach a compromise over a decision by the Bosniak caucus to block the appointment of the

European Parliament (EP) rapporteur for Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek has recommended that calls coming from some political entities to organise new general elections this year should be taken seriously. Lunacek suggested officials should review the process for irregularities and implement necessary

The European Union is urging Bosnian political leaders to speed up the creation the ruling coalition following October 2010 general elections, saying that the adoption of a national census law should be the new government’s top priority. EU officials have repeatedly warned Bosnia that the failure to hold a national …

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EU enlargement is among the priorities of the Hungarian Presidency of the Union and Budapest is ready to actively join the Greek-Macedonian name negotiations, if it is asked for that, said Hungary’s ambassador to Skopje Ferenc Kekesi. “Hungary is ready to help in the name negotiations and actively join them, …

The main Serb parties, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats and the Serb Democratic Party, the two main Croat parties HDZ BiH and HDZ 1990, as well

Representatives of the European Parliament say Kosovo should exert more efforts to build democracy, a recommendation that follows the need for a partial revote of the December 12th general

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Mladjan Dinkic and EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht signed a trade agreement Tuesday (January 11th) as part of Serbia’s bid to join the World Trade

Foreign Minister Franco Frattini reiterated on Monday (January 10th) Italy’s support for Albania on its path to European integration. Albanian counterpart Edmond Haxhinasto was in Rome to sign an agreement