Balkans

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.

New negotiations between Serbian officials and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission have started in Belgrade. The talks concern the fourth revision of the stand-by agreement signed between Serbia and the international financial institution. While some ministers have said that they were optimistic regarding the talks, economists warned that the …

The United Nations Security Council is to discuss the situation in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina today. Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will take part at the session, Beta learned at the Foreign Ministry. UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, chief Lamberto Zannier. and Kosovo Albanian government’s foreign minister, Skender Hyseni

Romania supported a lasting solution to the Cyprus problem accepted by both sides within the UN framework, Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi reiterated on Friday. Meeting with his visiting Cypriote counterpart Markos Kyprianou, Baconschi stressed that Romania hopes that “this problem, which was imported by the European Union, will find …

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic said that Serbia is ready to withdraw its genocide suit against Croatia if an agreement is reached for the genocide charges filed by both countries against one another to be mutually and unconditionally dropped.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a landmark visit to Athens on Friday (May 14th) amid tight security, in a bid to resolve longstanding issues between the two neighbours. The two governments signed a total of 21 agreements, declarations and memorandums, covering such issues as