Balkans

Croatia has given up hope of completing European Union accession negotiations by the end of the year, the Croatian Times has reported. Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor had suggested two weeks ago that the talks would be completed by the end of 2010, or at the latest, the beginning of …

BiH, The Prosecution Office is investigating several people from Bugojno, Sarajevo and Gornja Maoca for suspected ties to the Wahhabi movement, prosecution spokesman Boris Grubesic told Glas Srpske on Monday

The Court of BiH will discuss the case of war crimes convict Branimir Glavas on September 20th, court spokesperson Selma Hadzic said on Saturday (September 11th). A Croatian politician and former

EULEX strongly condemned weekend clashes between Albanians and Serbs in the divided town of Mitrovica, just days after the UN called for dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade. Several people, including one EULEX police officer, were injured during the unrest. “These acts of senseless hooliganism have no place in any democratic …

The Vetevendosje (Self-determination) movement says it is opposed to any talks with Serbia and has called for the public to mobilise against them. Movement leader Albin Kurti said on Sunday (September 12th) that new

Deputy UN Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro on Wednesday (September 8th) praised Albania for its economic, social and political progress. Migiro was in Tirana, where she met with Albania’s President Bamir Topi and

Slovakia became the fifth EU member state to ratify the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia, after parliament adopted it by a wide margin Wednesday (September 8th). The bill moves next to the

Outgoing OSCE Ambassador to Albania Robert Bosch will present the annual report on Albania’s progress to the permanent council in Vienna on Thursday (September 9th). Bosch stresses in the document that judicial independence remains a challenge. Combating corruption is an area where the

The Kosovo government welcomed the revised draft resolution by Serbia and the EU, which was submitted to the UN General Assembly. According to the government in Pristina, the new

A five-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL), will carry out a pre-electoral mission to Sarajevo and Banja Luka from 12 to 15 September