Balkans

I will participate in the Western Balkans summit, which will take place in Brdo if Serbian President Tadic makes an appearance. President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy made

EU Ambassador Erwan Fouere called on Macedonia and Greece to step up the pace and focus on the name, which he says is the main issue in the negotiations. It’s important that both sides try to speed up the pace of meetings to ensure that there is no misunderstanding

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has announced that the regional conference on the Western Balkans, scheduled for March 20 in Slovenia, will be held despite uncertainty over the participation of Serbian and Kosovo officials.

European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said he expects to work with people of Kosovo to achieve sustainable reforms and concrete benefits on the way to Europe. In statements to the media on the eve of his visit to Pristina, the European Commissioner stressed that Kosovo …

Several hundred residents of the Bosnian Serb-dominated city of Visegrad gathered on 12 March to greet Mitar Vasiljevic, a convicted war criminal just released from prison after serving two-thirds of his sentence, Anes Alic writes for ISA Intel. Trumpet players from Serbia played a fanfare on the streets as his …

SARAJEVO, BRATUNAC, SREBRENICA Sadik Ahmetović, ministar bezbjednosti BiH, pod istragom je zbog seksualnog zlostavljanja maloljetne Romkinje iz Bratunca i juče je saslušan u Sarajevu. Kako saznajemo, pored Ahmetovića, pod istragom je još 16 osoba. Ukupno 15 osumnjičenih je juče privedeno na saslušanje u CJB Bijeljina, dok je jedna osoba u …

European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule arrives Wednesday in Belgrade. Fule will meet with Serbian top officials to discuss the EU integration of the country. It is expected Mr. Fule to confirm EU determination for Serbian accession to the EU after the state meet the requirements.

Bulgaria and Azerbaijan are discussing the possibility of creating a compressed natural gas processing plant in Georgia so as to ship the final product to Bulgaria and Romania. This was revealed by Azeri oil expert Ilham Shaban for ‘Nezasimaya Gazeta’. He said that an Azerbaijan-Bulgaria working group is discussing a …

The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts in the 1990s will need more time to complete its work after originally being scheduled to wind down at the end of this year, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.

UN envoy to Cyprus Alexander Downer rejected media speculation Monday (March 15th) about an upcoming international conference on Cyprus. According to the reports, the meeting would discuss the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee, which regulates