Lists of people convicted, indicted or investigated in Serbia and Croatia for war crimes will be on display at the justice ministries of the two countries, as of Thursday, Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic announced.
Read More »UK court to decide on Ganic’s extradition on July 27th
A court in London will decide on July 27th whether to extradite former Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) presidency member Ejup Ganic to Serbia, the Belgrade-based Beta news agency reported on Wednesday. Extradition
Read More »NATO Secretary-General urges BiH to resolve defence property issue
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Bosnian political leaders on Wednesday (July 14th) to agree on the issue of defence property allocation as soon as possible, since it is key to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s
Read More »Albanian government, opposition agree on parliamentary commission
After months of wrangling, the government and the opposition have agreed to establish a parliamentary commission to investigate the disputed 2009 general elections. The ruling Democratic Party’s Astrit Patozi and the opposition Socialist Party’s (SP) Gramoz Ruci met on Wednesday (July 14th) and agreed that the SP will lead the …
Read More »Montenegrin President: Tadić set his own protocol in Montenegro
Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović says it was Serbian President Boris Tadić who set his own protocol for his recent visit to that country. Vujanović explained that Tadić requested to confer only with Montenegrin president and prime minister.
Read More »Former Serbian legal team leader Tibor Varadi: ICJ decision expected by July 27
Former Serbian legal team leader Tibor Varadi said that the ICJ would give its opinion on Kosovo by July 27 at the latest. He told Belgrade daily Večernje Novosti that the “latest speculation” indicated the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality of Kosovo Albanians’ unilaterally
Read More »Latvian president to visit Macedonia
Latvian President Valdis Zatlers will visit Macedonia on Wednesday, July 14, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov’s Cabinet said. During the visit, the defense ministries of Macedonia and Latvia are expected to sign a Memorandum of
Read More »Bulgarian, Palestinian presidents meet on Mideast peace, bilateral ties
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said here on Tuesday that his country supports the establishing of an independent Palestinian state, and will continue to keep good relations with Israel. “I had once again the opportunity to emphasize that fair and lasting solution of the Middle East peace process
Read More »Bulgarian nationalist party to table petition for referendum on Turkey’s EU bid
One of Bulgaria’s right-wing nationalist parties, VMRO, said that it would ask Parliament to debate whether the country should hold a referendum on Turkey’s accession to the European Union, after the party claimed to have gathered 300 000 signatures from Bulgarian citizens calling for a referendum.
Read More »Albania political crisis complicates visa liberalisation
Bosnia and Herzegovina will be awarded visa liberalisation with the EU by the end of this year, but the situation in Albania is more complicated, MEP Eduard Kukan has said, adding that Kosovo’s negotiations for visa liberalisation can begin despite existing issues.
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