Balkans

Slovenian President Danilo Turk will meet his Croatian counterpart Ivo Josipovic at a meeting of Slovenian and Croatian business executives in Croatia’s Buzet on Tuesday. This is to be the first meeting between the two presidents, after the citizens of Slovenia voted in favor of the arbitrage border deal. Presidents …

Following a deterioration in the situation in the north of Kosovo, the UN Security Council is set to take up the matter at its meeting today. Serbian President Boris Tadic and the head of the UN Mission in Kosovo Lamberto Zannier are planning to attend the session in New York, …

Vijeće ministara BiH dom je za pravu malu vojsku savjetnika angažiranih u uredima predsjedavajućeg i devet državnih ministara. Predsjedavajući i ministri savjetnike biraju po vlastitom nahođenju. Savjetnici ne prolaze nikakve konkursne procedure, ali imaju identična prava kao i ostali državni službenici. Koeficijenti za obračun njihovih plaća su, primjerice, nekoliko puta …

SARAJEVO Dio sigurnosnih agencija u BiH skriva informacije o terorističkim aktivnostima u zemlji i umjesto da saopće imena osoba povezanih s terorizmom, oni objavljuju podatke o policajcima koji su, nakon napada na Policijsku stanicu u Bugojnu, hvatali osumnjičene. Izjavio je ovo Drago Kalabić, član Komisije za odbranu i sigurnost parlamenta …

Bulgarian Defence Minister Anyu Angelov said on Saturday (July 3rd) that Bulgaria is ready to join the US anti-missile defence shield in Europe. “It was important for us to talk to our American partners about how Bulgaria can contribute to the setting up of a missile defence in Europe. In …

Macedonia — Representatives of several NGOs from the region presented an initiative on Saturday (July 3rd) in Skopje to establish a regional commission for truth-seeking and

The Bulgarian Culture Minister, Vezhdi Rashidov, and his Kosovo counterpart, Lutfi Haziri, have met to discuss possibilities for future cooperation in the culture sphere. “Until now, Bulgaria and Kosovo have not signed a treaty for bilateral cooperation in the culture sphere. Both countries could help each other in the field …

The EU doors are open for Montenegro, said Swedish Foreign Minister Karl Bildt after a meeting with his Montenegrin counterpart Milan Rocen. The meeting between the two foreign ministers took place in Krakow within the framework of a ministerial forum. “We hope that in the next years we will witness …

President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy today met with Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor in Brdo pri Kranju. The two expressed their concern over the recent events in northern Kosovo, said reports.

President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy was visiting Serbia and was expected to “confirm the Western Balkans’ European perspective”, said reports. Van Rompuy is in Belgrade this Monday where he has met with Serbian President Boris Tadić.