Balkans

Author: Ioannis Michaletos Over the past two years, the economic crisis has badly affected most states in the world and has caused quite a few financial hurdles for economies in transition, such as the ones in Southeastern Europe. In parallel, a notable development that is being formatted is the importation of …

KFOR will on Monday begin a five-day unit deployment exercise across Kosovo, it was announced. The aim is to strengthen the capacities of KFOR, EULEX and the Kosovo police, KPS, so that they could react to any scenario that brings security

The prime ministers of neighbouring Macedonia and Greece, Nikola Gruevski and George Papandreou, respectively, agreed to meet this Thursday on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels to discuss their countries’ ongoing “name” spat.

A summit of Western Balkan leaders near Ljubljana ended on Saturday (March 20th) by adopting a joint statement on their countries’ commitment to the European perspective. The forum was marred by the absence of Serbian President Boris Tadic who boycotted because Kosovo was not represented according to the UN Security …

Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said on Friday (March 19th) that the EU expects Kosovo to step up efforts to fight crime and corruption and strengthen the rule of law. After talks with Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and President Fatmir Sejdiu in Pristina, Fuele stressed the importance of guaranteeing political stability …

The NATO Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples Admiral Mark Fitzgerald said on Friday (March 19th) that the transfer of the responsibility for the protection of a Serbian monument of Gazimestan from KFOR to the Kosovo police is a result of improved security situation in the country.

he head of the European Commission (EC) delegation to Serbia, Vincent Degert, has voiced support for an initiative of a number of NGOs from the region to set up a fact-finding regional commission on war crimes committed during wars in the Balkans. Speaking at a conference in Novi Sad on …

Socialist People’s Party (SNP) leader Srdjan Milic will propose to President Filip Vujanovic May 30th as a date for holding of local elections. The opposition will meet representatives of the parties that are not represented in the parliament on Monday to come up with the final suggestion. According to the …

Serbian President Boris Tadić will not travel to the informal regional conference in Slovenia tomorrow. The Serbian leader will be absent because of a dispute over the manner in which the Kosovo Albanian delegation should be represented.

The conference on Western Balkans will be held Saturday regardless of participation, Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor said Friday. Each participant, who will attend the conference, will contribute