Balkans

US Deputy State Secretary James Steinberg is due to arrive Wednesday in Kosovo, as part of his brief Balkan tour. Before the visit, Steinberg said that Pristina and Belgrade must be more pragmatic despite all differences and pledged to help establish a dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Steinberg announced that …

Oliver Ivanovic, State Secretary of Serbia’s Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija, said that the EU has made Kosovo a “second Cyprus” and would have to accept it as such. Ivanovic said that lamentations such as “We don’t need a new Cyprus” might be coming from Brussels “but, if they really …

The International Crisis Group’s Europe Programme Director Sabine Freizer said on Monday that it would be good for Serbia to foster positive relations with Kosovo. A solution must be found to enable both countries to take part in regional initiatives, she added. Freizer praised Serbia for condemning the Srebrenica massacre, …

Opposition New Kosovo Alliance leader Behxhet Pacolli called for early elections and the establishment of a technical government on Monday (April 5th). Pacolli criticised the recent government reshuffle by saying that the changes made are limited only to the replacement of some ministers with others.

Grecia accepta ca Fosta Republica Iugoslava a Macedoniei (FYROM) sa se numeasca “Macedonia de Nord”, a declarat primul adjunct al ministrului afacerilor externe grec Dimitris Droutsas, transmite Agerpres. Daca premierul macedonean Nikola Gruevski respinge propunerea, “va trebui sa explice el insusi poporului sau pentru ce il priveaza de perspectiva europeana”, …

SARAJEVO Bosna i Hercegovina godišnje gubi desetine miliona KM zbog neevidentiranja uvoza ili smanjenja prikazane vrijednosti uvezene robe, tvrdi Fuad Kasumović, zamjenik ministra finansija i trezora BiH. Smatra da bi rješavanjem ovog problema Uprava za indirektno oporezivanje BiH (UIO) mogla prikupiti mnogo više prihoda na jedinstvenu račun BiH.

The Greek government is getting back to work after a brief Easter holiday to meet an International Monetary Fund team in Athens on Wednesday.

SARAJEVO Ured BiH za saradnju s Interpolom nije dobio potjernicu za Nikom Lozančićem, zamjenikom predsjedavajućeg Predstavničkog doma Parlamentarne skupštine BiH iako je, navodno, hrvatski sud izdao nalog za njegovo hapšenje. Općinski kazneni sud u Zagrebu, prema navodima hrvatskih medija, izdao je nalog za hapšenje Loznačića, koji se odbija pojaviti pred …

The natural gas in Serbia can hike now; however, everything depends on Serbian government and the Energy Agency, the general director of Serbiagaz Dusan Bajatovic said. Bjatovic said that the Company had not filled in a claim on hiking gas price in a compliance with the political agreement.

Senior EU and US officials will visit BiH this week to encourage local leaders to speed up reforms needed for the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of the country, an unnamed representative of the US embassy in Sarajevo announced Sunday (April 4th). US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and Spanish …