Balkans

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini announced on Monday in Tirana that the EU will announce the visa liberalisation decision for Albania on July 2 at the Sarajevo summit.

The Court of BiH has decided to release former Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Gojko Klickovic on bail, his lawyer announced on Saturday (April 10th). Klickovic is accused of war crimes committed in Bosanska Krupa during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. His attorney explained that the court has accepted a relative’s …

The government will deliver its answers to additional questions on the EC questionnaire Monday (April 12th). Montenegrin authorities received 673 extra questions in early March. The first set of answers was submitted in December 2009.

A petition against the trial of Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) movement leader Albin Kurti will be sent to the UN, the EU and to the Council of Europe. The council opposing the trial announced on Sunday (April 11th) that the

Povjerenje među političkim liderima u BiH potpuno je srušeno nakon pada aprilskog paketa ustavnih promjena zbog čega su svi naredni pregovori okončani skoro potpuno bezuspješno. Smatra to Mladen Ivanić, predsjednik PDP-a, i učesnik skoro svih političkih pregovora koji su počeli prije pet godina pregovorima o promjeni Ustava, a rezultirali tzv. …

The name issue should not overshadow Macedonia’s forthcoming presidency of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, the Council of Europe Secretary General said.

Early mayoral elections were held in the municipality of Istok in Kosovo on Sunday. Several minor incidents at polling stations were reported during the voting. The elections went without any major problems, but several political parties and the NGO coalition “Democracy in Action” stated that there were incidents reported.

The Spanish government has decided to extradite suspected war criminal Veselin Vlahovic, who is wanted by Bosnia, Serbia, and Montenegro for a variety of crimes, but Spanish authorities did not indicate to which country Vlahovic will be extradited.

Serbian President Boris Tadic said that Serbia and Croatia have talked about finding a solution that could allow an out-of-court settlement and trials before regular courts to replace the genocide lawsuits the two countries have filed against one another at the International Court of Justice, ICJ.

Charles Tannock, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on Montenegro, has said that the European Commission will likely complete its report on Montenegro’s readiness to become an EU candidate by the fall, which could allow the country to obtain EU candidate status by the end of this year.