EU foreign ministers, as well as senior officials from the EU, U.S. and Russia will be attending the EU-Western Balkans conference on June 2 in Sarajevo. The information was confirmed by the Bosnia-Herzegovina Foreign Ministry.
Read More »EU foreign policy chief, NATO Secretary-General discuss BiH, Turkey
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday (May 25th) to discuss the situations in Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). “All … shared the view that BiH’s future lies in Euro-Atlantic structures,” Rasmussen told reporters after the meeting.
Read More »OSCE, EU urge Albanian parties to resolve differences in parliament
A day after the opposition Socialist Party (SP) returned to parliament, OSCE and EC ambassadors reiterated on Tuesday (May 25th) that lawmakers should take advantage of this development to hold debates, rather than “insult each other”, OSCE Ambassador Robert Bosch said.
Read More »Serbian, Slovenian PMs meet in Ljubljana
Serbian and Slovenian Prime Ministers Mirko Cvetković and Borut Pahor said that relations between the two countries were good. “Relations are friendly, political cooperation has intensified, and the economic relations of the two countries are progressing despite the crisis,” Pahor said.
Read More »U.S. Vice President expresses US support for Croatia’s EU bid
Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor met with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden yesterday during an official visit to Washington D.C. Kosor called her visit “the most important day of my political career”. She did not meet with
Read More »Cyprus reunification talks resume
The leaders of Turkish and Greek communities in Cyprus on Wednesday resumed the talks on reunification of the island following a two-month pause. This is the first meeting of the newly elected Turkish Cypriot President Dervis Eroglu and the Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias.
Read More »Belgrade and Zagreb wanted to divide BiH, according to Ratko Mladic diaries
The Prosecutor’s Office of the war crimes tribunal in The Hague has revealed new excerpts from general Ratko Mladic’s war-time diaries. They make it evident that the Bosnian Serbs and Croats, with the help of the authorities
Read More »EU Special Representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith: New phase in Kosovo with ICJ decision
EU Special Representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith said that Kosovo is on the threshold of a new phase. Speaking in Washington on Tuesday, the Dutch diplomat, who also heads the International Civilian Office (ICO) in Priština, added that the ICJ’s opinion may encourage Belgrade and Priština to solve technical issues …
Read More »Belgrade mayor meets with Serbs in Kosovo
Belgrade Mayor Dragan Đilas visited Serbs returnees in village of Novake near Prizren on Tuesday. He presented them with a van for transporting people and goods, donated by the city. Đilas told the returnees that Belgrade would always offer support to people who choose to return to their homes in …
Read More »EC to Give Visa Go-Ahead for Albania and Bosnia
In its Wednesday meeting, the European Commission is expected to give its approval of the recommendation for lifting the visa regime for citizens of Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but there are many more steps to be taken before the countries’ citizens can travel freely in Europe without a visa.
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