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The head of the EU delegation to Croatia, Paul Vandoren, said on Friday (August 20th) that the successful completion of judicial reforms and the privatisation of state-owned shipyards will be key to completing the country’s EU accession negotiations. The judiciary and privatisation chapters are among the last three opened on …

Kosovo’s government stands ready to safeguard the country’s integrity with firearms if northern municipalities declare independence and merge with Serbia, Serbian newspaper Danas reported on Friday. “We are ready to

Serbia is preparing to go before the United Nations next month to renew negotiations over the future of Kosovo, its southern breakaway province that has declared independence and been recognised by a number of countries.

Written by: Ioannis Michaletos, 18-Aug-10 |  Source: worldsecuritynetwork.com – Interview with Iason Athanasiadis on the Middle East affairs conducted by Ioannis Michaletos — Iason Athanasiadis comments to Ioannis Michaletos on the current aspects of the Middle Eastern affairs and the trends shaping the region between the Eastern Mediterranean and the Hindu …

Montenegro’s national security agency have reinforced its monitoring system for people, involved in Wahabism movement, Montenegro’s daily Dan said. The measures have come into force at the last session of the board for renewing the national council for Sandzak and

Kosovo Serb leaders have described the so-called Independence Declaration of Serbian Territories in Kosovo as a provocation. Rada Trajkovic, a local Serb leader, said no one in Kosovo considered the declaration serious.

Branimir Glavas, the Croatian former lawmaker convicted of war crimes, has been stripped of his war honours and rank of general by Croatia’s president. The order by Ivo Josipovic came three weeks after Glavas was sentenced to eight years inprisonment by the country’s Supreme Court for war crimes committed in …

Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic on Wednesday (August 18th) asked EULEX to react after Pristina authorities banned his scheduled visit to Kosovo. Bogdanovic was supposed to visit on Thursday. He described the

Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi says Kosovo expects Brussels to outline the strategy the country must follow for eventual EU visa liberalisation next month. “Once we have the strategy we will be able to concretely

IMF representatives and Serbian officials start technical talks Thursday (August 19th) within the fifth review under Serbia’s 2.9 billion-euro stand-by agreement with the Fund. Ahead of the talks, Serbia’s Finance Minister Diana