Balkans

Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, head of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee in the European Parliament (EP) is asking the European Commission (EC) to speed up the visa liberalisation process for Balkan countries.

European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso has voiced hope that the influx of asylum seekers from Serbia and Macedonia to Belgium will not affect efforts to offer visa-free travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), media in Sarajevo reported on Sunday (March 7th). BiH officials insist that the country will …

The Slovenian government confirmed an agreement with Kosovo for development cooperation. According to the Slovenian government, the law for the agreement for development cooperation between Slovenia

Albania has completed six more chapters of the questionnaire required by the European Commission, the Inter-ministerial Co-ordination Committee for European Integration announced on Thursday. The chapters are on the free movement of capital, information and media society, taxes, environment, financial control, and finances and budget. That makes a total of …

Ukraine’s new President, Viktor Yanukovych, says his visit to Moscow will mark the first step in a major improvement in relations with Russia.

Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz held an unofficial meeting with EU President Herman Van Rompuy. Although the contents of the meeting were not disclosed, Van Rompuy’s

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković will be in Brussels Friday, where he will discuss Serbia’s next steps in the European integration process.

Balkan interior ministers have gathered at a two-day regional conference in Tirana to discuss cooperation in handling border security and responses to transnational crime. The meeting was attended by representatives of the all the countries in the region and several EU delegations, as well as Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha.

Serbia and Bulgaria will sign a deal on Friday to build a gas pipeline linking the two countries to help avert future gas supply problems and boost energy security in the region. Serbia’s Energy Minister Petar Skundric will travel to Brussels to sign a joint statement for pipeline with Bulgarian …

SARAJEVO Vijeće ministara BiH u protekle dvije godine u obnovu i razvoj Srebrenice uložilo je deset miliona KM, a rezultati tog ulaganja konačno su primjetni, izjavio je juče u Sarajevu Osman Suljić, načelnik općine Srebrenica. Suljić je odbio odgovoriti na novinarsko pitanje zašto su “nevidljiva” milionska ulaganja iz proteklih godina. …