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Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar said on Friday (June 18th) that Croatia will not be able to wrap up its EU accession talks unless it opens its financial market to

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov said after meeting his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in St Petersburg on Friday (June 18th) that energy giant Gazprom has agreed to include Macedonia in the South Stream

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) urged Kosovo authorities on Friday (June 18th) to look into claims of “excessive use of force” at the arrest of leader of the Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) movement Albin Kurti. Kurti was detained on June 12th but was released two days later. On Friday, AI said …

Turkey, Italy and Greece on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a natural gas pipeline that will carry natural gas from the Caspian region to Europe. Under a statement issued by Turkey’s Ministry of Energy

The European Parliament (EP) has adopted a resolution on Bosnia-Herzegovina, expressing concern over the political instability in that country. The EP also mentioned that as a problem a “lack of will of political forces and leaders in the country to achieve a joint vision”.

Serbian President Boris Tadić met on Thursday in Belgeade with President of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina Borjana Krišto. They assessed that under the Dayton Peace Accords, agreement among all three constituent nations in Bosnia-Herzegovina is a prerequisite of any internal changes in the country. 

Italy will host the conference of representatives of the EU member-sates’ and countries outside the union June 19 at the initiative of the European People’s Party. Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze will participate at the event.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Friday is set to begin his first official visit to Macedonia. During his time in the country Rasmussen will meet with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski, Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and Defense Minister Zoran Konjanovski.

European Parliament (EP) officials are acknowledging that mediation aimed at resolving the political stalemate in Albania has failed. After a month of efforts, leaders of left and right wing parties in the EP, Joseph Daul and

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and Vice President Zoran Stavreski had a meeting with Alexey Miller, CEO of Gazprom, in St Petersburg today, Macedonian TV channel Sitel reported. The officials expressed their content with the forthcoming signing of the contract for payment of the clearing debt, which Russia has towards Macedonia, …