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.

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.

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said on Monday (September 27th) that the European Commission (EC) will provide financial aid to Greece to reform its asylum system. “We are committed to help and

Serbia may receive up to 200m euros annually in grants from the EU as part of the Danube Strategy, which will be adopted in the first half next year, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn announced at a

Bosnia-Hercegovina and Albania edged closer to visa-free travel to the European Union’s Schengen area, a key EU parliamentarian said Tuesday, as her report in favour of the concession was overwhelmingly approved at committee level.

Serbia remains committed to the Dayton agreement, Serbian President Boris Tadić stated. He stressed that Serbia would continue to protect and respect the legitimate rights of Serbs and all nations who live in the

France made serious remarks regarding EC report, which read that Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have made considerable progress regarding the EU visa liberalization process. Paris raised the question about the efficiency of BiH and Albania in the fight against corruption

Montenegro and Serbia have reached an agreement on mutual extradition of citizens who have committed acts of organized crime and corruption. The deal also refers to money laundry and crimes against humanity and

Hague Tribunal President Patrick Robinson is in Belgrade to present a regional project aimed at training judiciaries to prosecute the accused for war crimes. Robinson said at the launch of the project, worth EUR 4mn, that the majority of war crimes will in future be processed by national judiciaries in …

The European Commission does not tie the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the border-free Schengen zone with the problems of the Roma minority from the