Balkans

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday (June 9th) urged Turkish and Greek Cypriots to establish social, economic, cultural, sports and other ties, stressing such steps could play a crucial role in efforts to reunify the divided island. “Such contacts would nurture a sentiment of trust between the communities and help …

The next European Commission (EC) Progress Report on Kosovo could be more favourable if concrete achievements are made, EC official Domenica Bumma noted on Wednesday (June 9th). Speaking at the fifth Ministerial Council for European Integration, Bumma made clear that the 2010 Progress Report — expected in October — will …

Serbian President Boris Tadić and his Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov said that increasing the speed of the region’s European integration is a priority. They also said that this is a key condition for long-term stability and peace in the region.

Foreign ministers of NATO member states will discuss reduction of the mission in Kosovo and Metohija in Brussels today. They will discuss the possibility of reducing the number of KFOR troops in Kosovo from the current 10,000 to 5,000. The first step in transforming KFOR into a smaller and more …

Moldova’s acting President Mihai Ghimpu will take part in the European Conference of Heads of Parliament that will take place in the Cyprian town of Limassol during June 10-12.

The President of the European Court for Human Rights Jean-Paul Costa will visit Macedonia today. President Costa will make an address to the regional conference of constitutional judges on the theme “Independence of Constitutional Judges”, to be held in the city of Ohrid on June 10-13. The President of the …

The war crimes tribunal in The Hague today is set to deliver the verdicts for seven Bosnain Serb officers, charged with genocide and crimes against humanity in Srebrenica in 1995. The defendants, indicted for genocide of more than 7,000 Muslim prisoners in Srebrenica in July 1995 include Vijadin Popovic, Ljubisa …

SARAJEVO Hrvatske tajne službe snimile su razgovore pomoćnika ministra sigurnosti BiH Vjekoslava Vukovića vođene sa osobama u Hrvatskoj i nisu prisluškivale njegove telefone u kući u Kiseljaku i u uredu u Sarajevu, tvrde u Županijskom sudu u Rijeci. Ovaj sud u utorak je nepravomoćno Vukovića osudio na devet mjeseci zatvora …

Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar will pay official visit to Kosovo on Wednesday. Zbogar is slated to meet his Kosovo counterpart Skender Hiseni. The two ministers will discuss the two countries relations as well as the current security situation in Kosovo and the region.

SARAJEVO, RIJEKA Županijski sud u Rijeci osudio je jučer pomoćnika ministra sigurnosti BiH Vjekoslava Vukovića na devet mjeseci zatvora zbog nabavke oružja i eksplozivnih tvari. Presuda riječkog suda je prvostepena i nepravomoćna, zbog čega Vuković sada neće biti smijenjen sa svoje sadašnje funkcije. “Vuković je kao trećeoptuženi osuđen na devet …