Balkans

EU Council must fix a date for starting talks for Macedonian membership very soon. This is what French MEP and Chairman of the European People’s Party (EPP) Joseph Daul who pay visit to Macedonia. Joseph Daul met with President George Ivanov and PM Nikola Gruevski in Skopje.

The Greek government will “undertake a diplomatic initiative” in an attempt to salvage the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis gas pipeline project which was scrapped by Bulgaria last week, Bulgaria media reported on June 22 2010.

SARAJEVO Predstavnici NATO-a u Bosni i Hercegovini ne vjeruju da će sporazum o vojnoj imovini biti usaglašen do septembra ove godine. Dogovor o vlasništvu nad 69 perspektivnih vojnih lokacija trebao bi biti postignut do septembra kako bi BiH bio odobren nacionalni godišnji plan što je početak primjene MAP-a (Akcionog plana …

Serbian President Boris Tadić will take part in the Summit Meeting of the Heads of State and Government of South East Europe in Istanbul on Wednesday. During the day, Tadić will also participate in the Summit of Heads of State of South East Europe under the sponsorship of UNESCO, the …

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, has denied the request of Gojko Jankovic, convicted of war crimes by the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo, to review his case. Jankovic, wartime commander of a paramilitary unit that operated together with the Army of Republika Srpska, VRS, in the …

Albania’s Minister of Interior Lulzim Basha declared on Monday that Albania’s Presidency of the Regional Initative for Migration, Asylum and Refugees would be dedicated to creating a Balkan Schengen system.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, PACE, has begun its discussion of a draft report on Kosovo that points to poor respect for the rule of law as one of the main problems facing Kosovo. The report, which was prepared by the CoE rapporteur for the political affairs …

Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic said on Sunday (June 20th) that Serbia and Croatia will sign an extradition agreement later this month, covering those who are apprehended on charges of corruption and organised crime. She added that afterwards, Serbia will request the extradition of Sretko Kalinic, a member of the …

The prosecution in Zagreb has filed an indictment against seven people for war crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995. According to the indictment, which must be confirmed by the court, seven former members of the Croatian Army, HV, participated in the execution of a group of six Bosnian …

In time of so many problems in the world, Czech President Vaclav Klaus called Macedonian-Greek name dispute a undeserving issue. He said that the two countries should sit down and find a name solution because nobody would accept to that for them.