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The UN General Assembly is to discuss the resolution on Kosovo filed by Serbia. The text of the document has been agreed between Belgrade and the EU. The resolution is a result of the ruling of the agreement reached between

The United Nations International Narcotics Control Board released its annual report 2010 detailing the global trends In respect to the main heroin problem in Europe, it was depicted that, almost all European heroin originates in Afghanistan, mostly smuggled in through Turkey and the Balkans or via Central Asia and Russia. …

As far as the international community is concerned, the outcome of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s 3 October general elections will determine whether the country moves forward along its EU path or remains stuck in political deadlock and ethnic animosity, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch. Bosnia is, in all aspects, lagging behind …

Bulgaria and Greece will open a new crossing point on their joint border on September 9, thus celebrating the 130th year since the establishing of formal diplomatic relations. The new Ivaylovgrad-Kyprinos border crossing close to Bulgaria’s Kardzhali and Greece’s Alexandroupolis will be inaugurated by the Presidents of Bulgaria and Greece, …

Serbia has submitted a revised resolution on Kosovo to the UN after talks with the EU representative in Belgrade. The new resolution reads as follows:

Eurozone finance ministers approved the second 9 billion-euro tranche of the 110 billion-euro EU/IMF aid package for Greece on Tuesday (September 7th). The EU will provide 6.5 billion euros of the sum, while the

Croatia — Vesna Pusic, president of parliament’s committee for monitoring EU accession negotiations, says Croatia could wrap up its talks with Brussels by June 2011. After a committee meeting Tuesday

The European Commission’s next report on Macedonia will be boosted after the parliament voted to adopt new ways of working, the EC’s office in Macedonia has said.

Talks between Brussels and Belgrade are to continue after negotiations failed to reach a compromise over Serbia’s draft resolution to the UN on Kosovo.

On September 8 Macedonia marks Independence Day, Macedonian media report. On this day 19 years ago Macedonia organized a referendum on which citizens backed the independence of their country. There will be many events to mark the Independence Day in Macedonia. September 9 is declared a national holiday and a …