In his continuing testimony at the trial of Radovan Karadzic, General Michael Rose said he believes the projectile that hit the Markale marketplace in Sarajevo on February 5, 1994, was fired from Bosnian Serb positions in the vicinity of Sarajevo.
Read More »Bulgaria Commits to Leading Role in EU Danube Strategy
Bulgaria is making a firm commitment to play a major part in the preparation and the realization of the European Commission’s initiative for a strategy for the development of the Danube Regions. The statement was made Thursday in Brussels by Bulgaria’s Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Lilyana Pavlova.
Read More »Gorbachev’s Forum on Eastern Europe’s Future Opens in Sofia
Former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, arrived Wednesday evening in Sofia for the conference “Europe Looks East”, which will bring together international politicians, intellectuals and civil representatives. The two-day forum started on Thursday and
Read More »Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović concerned about actions in Kosovo
Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says he is concerned about the tension caused by KFOR and EULEX actions against organized crime in northern Kosovo. Speaking on Wednesday, he qualified them as psychological and propaganda warfare.
Read More »Russia, Greek Cyprus cement cooperation during Medvedev visit
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has paid his first official visit to Greek Cyprus, signing several agreements boosting bilateral ties with the Greek Cypriots. Speaking ahead of the talks with Medvedev, Greek Cypriot leader
Read More »European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Kosovo, Ulrike Lunacek, says visa liberalisation for Kosovo should be discussed soon
The European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Kosovo, Ulrike Lunacek, said on Wednesday (October 6th) that Kosovo’s EU visa liberalisation “should be discussed without losing any time”. The Austrian representative at
Read More »PDP urges re-vote for Serb member of BiH presidency
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — The opposition Party of Democratic Progress (PDP) on Wednesday (October 6th) called on the State Election Commission (CEC) to repeat elections for the Serb member of BiH’s tripartite
Read More »Serbia’s progress in its EU integration depends on ICTY chief prosecutor’s report
The Netherlands will give ‘green light’ for Serbia’s progress on its way to the EU accession depending on the report of Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, said Dutch politician MEP Han ten Broeke, Serbian online edition S Media reports. In …
Read More »Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs: Greece is a ramp for EU enlargement
Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs Vasko Naumovski called Greece a ramp, which prevents Western Balkan countries to join EU. He noted that the entire enlargement process shouldn’t be a hostage of one what he called non-European behavior by one of the EU member states.
Read More »European Parliament abolishes visas for Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina
MEPs have backed proposals to exempt nationals of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania from visas by the end of 2010, agreeing with the European Commission that these two countries meet the required conditions on document security and combating illegal immigration and crime.
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