Balkans

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Tuesday called upon Greek and Turkish Cypriots to seek compromise in settling their differences, after meeting Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu in Berlin.

Russian FM Sergei Lavrov says that the future dialogue between Belgrade and Priština should be based on UN Security Council Resolution 1244. Lavrov stated that Russia

Foreign ministers of Serbia and the Czech Republic, Vuk Jeremić and Karel Schwarzenberg, met on Tuesday in Belgrade. They said that the Council of the EU decision to allow Serbia to move forward with its EU integration

Serbian President Boris Tadić has stated that the current Serbian government is doing all it can to locate and arrest Ratko Mladić. The Serbian president noted that all

Turkish State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek said on Monday that Turkey wanted to resolve problems with Greece through dialogue. Cicek, also the government spokesman, said after

Bulgaria strongly welcomes the October 25 2010 by the European Union’s foreign ministers to forward to the European Commission Serbia’s application for EU membership, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai

European Parliament (EP) rapporteur on visa liberalisation for the Western Balkans, Tanja Fajon, expects Croatia to complete its EU accession talks next year, probably in the first half

Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu said on Friday (October 22nd) he had accepted a call from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for a tripartite meeting — to include the Greek Cypriot side — in New York, in a bid to boost momentum in ongoing talks to reunify

Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac has welcomed the EU’s decision to advance Serbia’s membership application. “Serbia’s European journey cannot be stopped. The defense ministry is doing everything possible and is helping in the hunt for Mladic and Hadzic,” the minister said following the EU foreign ministers’ decision to examine Serbia’s …

Russia and Greece will hold talks to work out a joint position on the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project before the end of the year, according to Russia’s Energy