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Results announced for northern Kosovo vote

The Serb Progressive Party (SNS) has won the most votes in the local elections held on Sunday in Kosovska Mitrovica. The Democrats and the Socialists won a majority in the municipality of Novo Brdo, according to the State Election Commission (RIK).

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Croatian President visited Republika Srpska for the first time

Croatian President Ivo Josipovic has made the first ever visit by to a Croatian head of state to Republika Srpska (RS). On Sunday (May 30th), he visited three sites of mass killings of Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict, paying tribute to innocent victims in Sijekovac, Brisevo …

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Serbia plans to send peacekeepers to Lebanon, Cyprus

Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac said on Sunday (May 30th) that Serbia plans to send troops to UN peacekeeping missions in Lebanon and Cyprus, possibly this year. “If we want to take care of Serbia’s security, we must move outside the borders of our country, because it is clear that …

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Kosovo expects EU visa questionnaire this summer

Kosovo’s Integrations Minister Besim Beqaj is optimistic that Kosovo will be offered a roadmap leading to eventual visa-free travel with the EU. “I have received confirmation that an official dialogue will start soon and we will get the questionnaire,” Beqaj was quoted by media as saying on Sunday (May 30th). …

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Albanians only need ID to travel to Kosovo

Soon, Albanian citizens will need only an electronic ID card to travel to neighbouring Kosovo, according to an agreement effective on Tuesday (June 1st), for the tourist season and possibly beyond. A reciprocal summer agreement for Kosovo citizens has been in effect in Albania for years.

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Balkan leaders call for cooperation

Balkan leaders agreed at a meeting in Sarajevo on Saturday that cooperation and dialogue are two of the most important conditions for progress in the region. At the 10th anniversary celebration of the Igman Initiative, a network dedicated to normalising relations in the region, the presidents of Bosnia and

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Brammertz expects more from Croatia

UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz met on Friday (May 28th) with Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor to discuss Croatia’s level of co-operation with The Hague. He urged the country to do more to boost the tribunal’s investigations, reiterating that Croatia’s co-operation is an essential

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Serbia allows EU citizens to travel without passports

The government decided on Friday (May 28th) to allow EU citizens, as well as those of Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, to enter Serbia and travel around the country without a passport this summer, relying instead on an identity card. The announcement, made at a joint press conference in Belgrade by …

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