Balkans

Bulgaria and Romania are working very actively to meet the Schengen criteria, Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said at the joint press conference with his Romanian counterpart Traian Basescu. President Parvanov outlined two issues in the bilateral relations within the EU – living up to the additional requirements and completion of …

Serbian President Boris Tadić is still in New York, where he is scheduled to meet with EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton today. The topic of their conversation will be dialogue

Macedonian President Gjorgje Ivanov and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou are set to meet in New York, where they will take part in UN General assembly. The two delegations have agreed to meet at 5 p.m. Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki is set to attend the meeting as well. The …

Valentin Inzko said on Tuesday (September 21st) that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) could join the EU in 2020. Inzko, who was speaking to journalists at the European Parliament (EP), said much

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met on Tuesday (September 21st) with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias, reiterating his support for ongoing talks to reunify the island. The meeting, held on the sidelines of a UN summit in New York, focused on progress in the talks. During a separate meeting with Turkish President …

Kosovo’s Integration Minister Besim Beqaj said on Tuesday (September 21st) that Pristina’s various institutions have fulfilled the criteria set by the European Commission (EC) for visa liberalisation. He told EU Enlargement

The EU has been mandated by the UN Secretary General to mediate in the dialog between Belgrade and Pristina, because this is a European issue, said Oliver Ivanovic, state secretary of the Serbian Ministry for Kosovo. “The stability of Europe and this part of the Balkans depends to a great …

The ethic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) is going to file a complaint with the EC and PACE on the issue with the Chief Mufti in Bulgaria. A letter will be send to Viviane Reding, EC Vice-President and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, and to …

A Kosovo Albanian government office in Priština says UN mission, UNMIK, “has turned into a real obstacle for improvement of the situation” in K. Mitrovica. The office that produced the report is in charge of implementing the so-called strategy for northern Kosovo. 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the importance of dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo over the latter’s unilateral declaration of independence in 2008. In bilateral meetings with three European leaders on the margins of a three-day summit on