Acting Kosovo president Jakup Krasnici says that elections for the assembly in Priština could be held in six months’ time. Fatmir Sejdiu resigned from that position last week. “Until institutions in Kosovo have been formed, negotiations with Serbia should not be entered into,” he said. Krasnici also said he believed …
Read More »U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton says U.S. will help find agreement between Serbia and Kosovo
U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met in Washington on Wednesday. It was announced that they discussed “ways of assisting in the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo”. At a news conference after the meeting, which was used to discuss the Middle East peace process …
Read More »NATO Military Committee assesses Kosovo Security Force (KSF) achievements
The NATO Military Committee is praising the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) but notes that it is still early for local forces to take over the protection of Kosovo’s borders. Military Committee Chairman Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola said that the KSF is “doing an excellent job and we are satisfied with …
Read More »Slovakia to withdraw troops from Kosovo by the end of this year
Slovakia approved on Wednesday a complete withdrawal of the country’s troops from Kosovo by the end of the year, allowing upped deployment of its forces in Afghanistan, the defence ministry said. “Slovakia will withdraw all 140 troops currently operating in Kosovo by the end of the year,” ministry spokesman Richard …
Read More »Greek FM supports Serbia’s EU accession
Greek FM Dimitris Droutsas told the UN General Assembly that a path for beginning of Serbia’s accession negotiations with the EU should be kept open and clear. He pointed out that acceptance of his country’s initiative to have all Balkans countries in the EU by 2014 would contribute to progress …
Read More »Macedonia name dispute raised in UN debate
The dispute between Athens and Skopje about the use of the name Macedonia has been raised by leaders from the two countries in speeches and meetings at the United Nations General Assembly.
Read More »Bulgaria wants new eastern Europe seats in UN Security Council
Bulgaria wants at least one new non-permanent UN Security Council seat for Eastern Europe, Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov told the UN General Assembly. Mladenov spoke Tuesday during the General Debate of
Read More »Branimir Glavaš was arrested in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Croatian politician and former high ranking army officer Branimir Glavaš was arrested in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday. Glavaš holds both Croatian and Bosnian citizenships, and was found guilty and sentenced to eight years in prison in Zagreb for 1991 war crimes committed against Croatia’s ethnic Serb civilians.
Read More »Hillary Clinton and Catherine Ashton to discuss Balkans
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will meet in Washington today. According to reports, they Balkans will be on the agenda of the meeting, among other issues.
Read More »Karadzic challenges prosecution witness
Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Tuesday disputed the testimony of a prosecution witness at his war crimes trial. The witness claimed Bosnian Serb forces, apart from shelling the capital Sarajevo during the 1992-1995 war, killed civilians by sniper fire.
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