Balkans

Montenegro and the EU signed an agreement Monday (September 13th) on security procedures for exchanging classified information, the foreign ministry announced. After the ceremony involving Montenegro’s Aleksandar Andrija Pejovic and the EU’s Robert Cooper, the officials noted that the exchange of classified information on common foreign, security and defence policy …

The EU General Affairs Council is likely to verify Serbia’s EU membership application and ask the European Commission (EC) to begin its assessment in October, Belgian Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere said after an EU

The European Commission (EC) believes that Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have made considerable progress regarding the EU visa liberalisation process. EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom said on Monday (September 13th) that the EC has evaluated a report by experts who visited Tirana and Sarajevo in July. …

Belgrade is fully ready to begin dialogue with Priština, Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović stated. Serbia would “modify its negotiation approach depending on the format of the talks,” Bogdanović told

Bulgaria and Romania’s efforts in combating corruption and organized crime are insufficient and need to be urgently stepped up, EU foreign affairs ministers have stated. The EU ministers, meeting in

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