Balkans

Members of parliament from the main opposition Socialist Party (SP) decided on Wednesday (June 30th) to “reconsider” their position and resume their boycott, in a bid to resolve the longstanding political stalemate. Group head Gramoz Ruci announced that SP members will not participate in the discussion of draft laws and …

President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy will visit Belgrade on July 6. According to his deputy spokesman Jesus Carmona, Rompuy will begin his mini tour of the Balkans on Monday, which will include his visit to Slovenia on July 5, and to Croatia, Belgrade and Priština on July …

Today, Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov’s working visit to Azerbaijan has been completed. A guard of honor was lined up at the airport named after Heydar Aliyev in honor of the distinguished guest. President of Bulgaria and his wife Zorka Parvanov were accompanied by Azerbaijani Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev …

Serbia’s Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić says that Belgrade will not recognize Kosovo as independent regardless of the ICJ opinion. “Serbia will not accept the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo,” he told a group of reporters in Washington.

SARAJEVO Velike su šanse da naredne godine u BiH bude proveden popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u BiH nakon što je u srijedu zakon o popisu usvojen u Predstavničkom domu bh. parlamenta. Zakon o popisu, prema najavama predstavnika Klubova naroda, mogao bi dobiti podršku i u Domu naroda parlamenta BiH …

Croatian President Ivo Josipović will spend today and Friday in Montenegro on an official visit. In Podgorica, he is due to meet with his counterpart Filip Vujanović, and Montenegro’s parliament speaker and prime minister, Ranko Krivokapić and Milo Đukanović.

BiH nije ostvarila nikakav napredak ka zatvaranju Ureda visokog predstavnika međunarodne zajednice (OHR), ocijenili su članovi Upravnog odbora Vijeća za implementaciju mira u našoj zemlji (PIC). Po okončanju dvodnevnog zasjedanja UO PIC-a u Sarajevu visoki predstavnik međunarodne zajednice za BiH Valentin Incko kazao je juče da proteklih mjeseci nije bilo …

The doors of the European Union will remain open for new members, which hope to join EU, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said. There are many future member states which hope to join EU amid

Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas represented Greece as an advocate for the Western Balkans EU integration, and pointed out that solving name dispute is the main condition for Macedonia’s EU integration, Greek ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.

Bulgaria should receive its first natural gas supplies from Azerbaijan in 2011, agreed the presidents of the two countries, Georgi Parvanov and Ilham Aliyev. Parvanov went to Azerbaijan’s capital Baku Wednesday on a two-day state visit focused precisely on gas supplies talks and energy security. He is returning a visit