Balkans

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Greece Rahman Mustafayev recently announced that Greek President Karolos Papoulias will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan in the first half of 2011. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev state

The government of Bosnia-Herzegovina plans budget cuts to qualify for €214 million in international loans for the ravaged country. The budget cuts will bring down the shortfall to 3.5% of economic output in line with a demand by the International Monetary Fund, which in 2010 agreed to a €1.2 billion …

Dutch Ambassador to Tirana Henk Van Del Dool urged political leaders Sunday (September 26th) not to block Albania’s European agenda. The longstanding conflict between the government and the opposition is

Czech Defence Minister Alexandr Vondra stated in Priština on Monday that his country will withdraw 300 of its KFOR soldiers from Kosovo, thus leaving 90 troops.

Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu has tendered his resignation following a court ruling that he breached the Constitution when he preserved his post in the party, while being head of state at the same time. On Friday the Constitutional Court ruled that Sejdiu violated the Constitution, occupying both the posts of …

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Serbia at the beginning of October as part of her tour in the region. Clinton is expected to arrive in Belgrade on 12 October and discuss the talks with Kosovo and Serbia’s European integration. She will be interested in the sequence of …

European Parliament (EP) Special Envoy for the Balkans Jelko Kacin has announced that he will visit Belgrade on October 3. He also said Serbia has to resolve the issue of the forming of the Bosniak national council by that date.

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov told the UN General Assembly on Friday (September 24th) that he hopes his country will soon be able to reach an agreement in its long-standing name dispute with Greece. “I hope that, as two

Talks will Kosovo will start soon, Serbian President Boris Tadic told the UN General Assembly on Saturday (September 25th). Addressing participants in the assembly’s 65th session, Tadic called for patience and said the two

BiH — High Representative Valentin Inzko said on Saturday (September 25th) that the leaders of BiH should exit the “blind street” they have entered and instead start explaining to the EU why their country should become a member