Balkans

Eurogroup Chairman Jean-Claude Juncker and EU Monetary and Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn expressed satisfaction Monday (July 12th) with Greece’s budget stabilisation process. After a meeting of eurozone

A delegation of EU experts will be arriving in Tirana soon to evaluate efforts to join the bloc’s visa-free travel regime, the European Commission office in Albania confirmed on Monday. No official schedule for the visit has been

Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu reiterated on Monday (July 12th) that Pristina and Belgrade could hold talks on any issue except Kosovo’s status. In his annual address to parliament, he urged Serbia to distance itself from groups

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom praised efforts by Serbian police and the effects of abolishing visa requirements for Serbian citizens, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday in Brussels, after

Serbian Deputy Public Prosecutor for War Crimes Milan Petrović said that war-time Bosnia-Herzegovina presidency member Ejup Ganić would have a fair trial in Serbia. A legal battle for the extradition of the Bosnian Muslim politician from Britain to Serbia in currently underway in London.

EULEX police arrested in Priština on Tuesday a person suspected of committing war crimes in the municipality of Lipljan, central Kosovo, in 1999. EULEX spokeswoman Karin Limdal said that he was arrested in relation to an ongoing investigation into the Blaca case.

Macedonian-Greek dispute was one of the topics of the talks between Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The two met in New York late on Monday and discussed primarily the situation in the Western Balkans.

SARAJEVO Dijelovi Islamske zajednice BiH pomažu razvoj i širenje radikalnog islamskog pokreta – vehabizma u našoj zemlji, navedeno je u informaciji Obavještajno-sigurnosne agencije (OSA) BiH sačinjenoj nakon nedavnog terorističkog napada u Bugojnu. Slobodan Šaraba, zamjenik predsjedvajućeg Komisije bh. parlamenta za odbranu i sigurnost koja je u ponedjeljak razmatrala izvještaje sigurnosnih …

The President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas is coming on an official visit to Bulgaria Tuesday and Wednesday, by invitation from Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov.

Croatian President Ivo Josipovic hinted at quick settlement of the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece, noting that the region and the EU would benefit from the resolution of the dispute. The visiting Croatian president made the remarks after the meeting with his Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov on Monday.