Balkans

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski met his Greek counterpart George Papandreou last evening in Madrid during the EU-LAC summit, the government informed. During the meeting, the two prime ministers discussed name issue and Greece’s financial crisis.

SARAJEVO Policija, sud i zdravstvene ustanove ne znaju gdje će, nakon što se probudi iz kome, biti smješten Nedim Fejzić, osumnjičeni za ubistvo tri i teško ozljeđivanje sedam osoba u blizini Visokog. Ne postoji specijalna pritvorska jedinica za osobe s psihičkim poremećajima koje su osumnjičene za teška krivična djela, kao …

SARAJEVO Međunarodni monetarni fond (MMF) zatražio je u ponedjeljak od vlasti BiH da u narednoj godini rashode zadrže na ovogodišnjem nivou. Čelnici Vijeća ministara i entitetskih vlada na sjednici Fiskalnog vijeća BiH, kojoj su prisustvovali i predstavnici MMF-a, prihvatili su ovaj zahtjev, ali nisu postigli saglasnost o podjeli prihoda s …

Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčak said that the solution for the Kosovo problem needs to be found within the region. He confirmed once again that he had “no ambitions of personally offering a plan for solving the Kosovo problem”. “For me it is important for the European Union to be …

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is set to meet Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa de la Vega and prime ministers of Turkey Redzep Taip Erdogan and Croatia Jadranka Kosor, the government sources told Makfax news agency. The meeting is in the frameworks of the EU-Latin countries summit, where Macedonia …

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said on Sunday (May 16th) that an agreement has been reached with Spain, the current head of the EU, that Pristina institutions will be represented at next month’s EU-Western Balkans summit in Sarajevo in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244. He told the Tanjug news …

Representatives of Kosovo institutions have refused to hold technical talks with Belgrade until after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules on the legitimacy of Kosovo’s declaration of independence. Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci said on Sunday (May 16th) everything is still in the idea stage. “There is nothing concrete …

If there is a chance to resolve name issue by the end of the following month, European Council will have the opportunity to give a positive decision on Macedonia’s start of accession talks with EU, EU Ambassador to Macedonia Erwan Fouere said during the lecture at FON University. “We have …

SARAJEVO Parlament BiH ima još najviše mjesec dana vremena da usvoji zakon o popisu stanovništva jer će nakon toga biti prekasno za raspisivanje tendera kako bi popis bio održan u aprilu naredne godine. Zdenko Milinović, direktor Agencije za statistiku BiH, kazao je juče da je Agencija pripremila popisni listić te …

Croatia and Montenegro will open a new border checkpoint on July 1. The Debeli Breg border checkpoint will connect the municipalities of Herzeg Novi and Konavle. The project is realized at the initiative of local residents, backed by the prime ministers of the two countries.