Balkans

Serbian President Boris Tadic kicked off his 3-day visit to Greece, where he is slated to meet Greek top officials as well as Greek businessmen at the business-forum. Tadic is slated to meet his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias as well as Greek Parliament Speaker Filippos Petsalnikos.

The regular 25th bi-annual Russia-EU summit will discuss the issue of Kosovo as well, the Kremlin press service announced. The summit will be held in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on Monday and Tuesday.

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).

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 …

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 …

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). …

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.

Germany is one of the biggest opponents to further enlargement of the EU onto the West Balkans. Its stance towards the Balkans shall be also demonstrated at the forthcoming meeting in

Since Bosnia and Herzegovina has not met the conditions for extending the standby agreement, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will postpone the agreed sum of EUR 38 million.

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