Balkans

Bosnia has now fulfilled the last technical requirements for an EU visa-free regime, but despite promises, politics may enter the fray and the rush of asylum seekers from Serbia and Macedonia could get in the way, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch. With the appointment of several officials to …

European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said that Bosnia-Herzegovina is on the right road to achievement its visa liberalization this year. He called on the Bosnian government to continue with its reforms, changes in the constitution and election laws, in order to hold democratic elections in October. “It is important to …

EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn said the Euro area is ready to act decisively and coordinated to support Greece. “We avoided the danger regarding Greece,” said the EU Commissioner noting it is necessary to take measures on avoiding future problems, similar to those faced by Greece. …

The “name” row between Macedonia and Greece could be settled using the recent Croatia-Slovenia model, namely international arbitration, Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki said Thursday in Paris.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said that Montenegro was facing a more demanding EU integration phase full of challenges, and that concrete results were necessary in the fight against corruption and organised crime in the country.

The public prosecutor in Belgrade dropped the case against General Vladimir Trifunovic and four officers of the Yugoslav People’s Army. In 1995, Trifunovic was sentenced to seven years in prison for the 1991 pullout of 250 soldiers from the JNA army barracks in Varazdin, Croatia.

The Macedonian government has until June 9th to respond to Greece, regarding the complaint Skopje filed with The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) for Greece allegedly violating a bilateral agreement, local media reported on Wednesday (March 17th). Macedonia filed

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele on Wednesday (March 17th) voiced the European Commission’s (EC) support for Serbia’s EU integration. After talks with Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic in Belgrade, Fuele said that while Serbia faces a lot of challenges and tasks, the EC is ready to help if Belgrade is truly …

The trial of Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj was adjourned until further notice due to health problems of four remaining witnesses, the UN war crimes tribunal announced on Wednesday (March 17th). Prosecutors had hoped to wrap up their questioning by the end of this month. Seselj is charged with …

Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu said on Wednesday (March 17th) that the downsizing of KFOR troops demonstrates improved security in the young country. Sejdiu briefed ambassadors of NATO member-states in Brussels about Kosovo’s achievements as an independent state, adding that for the first time since it declared independence in February 2008, …