Balkans

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Security Minister Sadik Ahmetovic met on Tuesday (June 22nd) in Brussels with EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom. They both expressed satisfaction with BiH’s progress in meeting obligations under its EU visa liberalisation road map. Malstrom said she has no doubts that the country will meet …

Heads of state and government of the members of the Southeast European Cooperation Process, SEECP, gathered today in Istanbul under the chairmanship of Turkish President Abdullah Gul.

A person suspected of war crimes in northern Albania was arrested near Đakovica, according to the EU mission in Kosovo (EULEX). “The case is related to the ongoing EULEX investigation of the possible abuse of persons held in KLA camps in northern Albanian

Serbian President Boris Tadić announced on Wednesday that he will attend the 15th anniversary of the crime committed against Muslims in Srebrenica. The massacre, declared a genocide in an ICJ ruling, will be marked next month.

Bulgaria’s President, Georgi Parvanov, asks for the development of a pragmatic regional program for the adaptation of the EU “Europe 2020 strategy” to the Balkans since the region is the next step in the expansion of the Union.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted in Strasbourg Tuesday a resolution on Kosovo. The document outlined a neutral stand on Kosovo’s status, but also pointed to a need for greater

MEP Joseph Daul, who visited Macedonia on Tuesday, expressed his support for solving name row between Skopje and Athens and called it a controversial issue. He said that that the two countries should find a solution within the framework of UN-led negotiations.

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski met his Greek counterpart George Papandreou on the sidelines of the Southeast European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Summit in Istanbul, government sources told Makfax news agency.

SARAJEVO Vijeće ministara BiH u protekle tri i pol godine ostvarilo je ozbiljan neuspjeh u svim ključnim oblastima, posebno u provedbi uslova za dobijanje kandidatskog statusa države za članstvo u EU, ocijenili su iz Centra civilnih inicijativa (CCI). Ova nevladina organizacija prati rad institucija vlasti na svim nivoima, a osim …

Border demarcation between Kosovo and Montenegro should be completed by the end of the year, Interior Minister Ivan Brajovic and his Kosovo counterpart Bajram Rexhepi said on Monday (June 21st) in Podgorica. “The administrative boundaries of former Yugoslavia have already been transformed into state borders,” Brajovic said. The two ministers …