Balkans

NATO Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples Admiral Mark Fitzgerald will visit Kosovo today, KFOR announced on Sunday. During the trip, he will meet with KFOR Commander Markus Bentler.

Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Borko Stefanović says EU institutions have no joint position when it comes to Kosovo. He made the comment for B92 TV late on Thursday, after it was reported that the European parliament had adopted a resolution calling on all EU members to recognize …

Parlamenti modernih demokracija rijetko formiraju istražne komisije i razlozi za njihovo osnivanje su iznimno ozbiljni. Često pred tim komisijama iskaze daju šefovi država i vlada, ministri, visoki vojni, sigurnosni i policijski dužnosnici upleteni u neku aferu ili ih se smatra odgovornim za propuste koji su doveli do afera i štete …

Alžirac Nurudin Gaci, nedavno pritvoren zbog sumnje u povezanost s terorističkim napadom u Bugojnu, bit će deportiran iz BiH bez obzira hoće li ga državno tužilaštvo optužiti za sudjelovanje u ovom napadu, kaže Dragan Mektić, direktor Službe za poslove sa strancima BiH. On ističe da je Gaci jedan od nekoliko …

The EU perspective of the Western Balkans will be up for discussion Friday between Greece’s Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas and Baroness Catherine Ashton, EU foreign policy chief, Greek foreign ministry said. The ministry says Droutsas and Ashton will discuss the EU-Turkey relations, the Cyprus issue, the Middle East peace …

Slovenia’s government adopted on Thursday guidelines for the country’s activities in the Western Balkans in order to strengthen its activities in the region.

The former minister of justice of Republika Srpska, RS, told the trial of Radovan Karadzic that Bosnian Muslims began creating “paramilitary formations” as early as in 1991, adding they were armed by Croatia and Arab countries.

The fifth regional summit on energy, investments and economic development kicks off on Thursday in the coastal Croatian town of Dubrovnik with the participation of leaders from the region and Europe. The two-day summit, hosted by Croatia, will cover the EU and NATO integration

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that NATO intervention in Kosovo was necessary and that the existence of an independent state of Kosovo is proof of that. “It would have been a terrible thing if the West had allowed the situation to continue unchecked,” Blair said in a …

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov told journalists Wednesday that Bulgaria and Russia will sign a contract to build South Stream, a natural gas pipeline providing an alternative route for Russian deliveries, on