Balkans

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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Macedonia to host regional NATO-integration conference today

A two-day conference on regional stability and NATO integration begins today in Bitola, local media reported on Friday. The event will focus on developing a common trans-Atlantic vision and the future prospects of the Balkans, Macedonia’s defence ministry said on its website. Defence ministers and top defence officials from 11 …

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Socialist International calls for transparent elections in Albania

A parliamentary investigation must be conducted in Albania to pave the way for eventual EU integration, the world organisation, Socialist International (SI), said on Saturday (May 29th) in Tirana. SI Secretary-General Luis Ayala of Chile stressed that the ongoing political stalemate is the direct result of a lack of transparency …

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Punopravno članstvo u EU zajednički cilj

SARAJEVO Haris Silajdžić, predsjedavajući Predsjedništva BiH, Boris Tadić, Ivo Josipović i Filip Vujanović, predsjednici Srbije, Hrvatske i Crne Gore, potpisali su juče u Sarajevu, nakon okončanja sesije Igmanske inicijative, zajedničku izjavu u kojoj se naglašava da je strateški interes zemalja zapadnog Balkana ulazak u EU i prihvatanje evropskih vrijednosti. Posebno …

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Federacija BiH kasni

SARAJEVO Parlament Federacije BiH nije usvojio ni nacrt izmjena Krivičnog zakona čije je usvajanje jedan od tri preostala uslova za ukidanje viza građanima BiH. Predsjedavajući Predstavničkog doma Parlamenta FBiH Safet Softić rekao je juče da će izmjene ovog zakona, koji mora biti usklađen sa državnim, biti usvojene do 25. juna …

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Kosovo signs very first IMF loan

The government of Kosovo signed an agreement for its very first International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan on Thursday. Kosovo Prime Minister Hasim Thaci at a news conference in Pristina said the terms of

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