Balkans

Any further downsizing of NATO’s troops in Kosovo will be decided in co-operation with authorities in Pristina, Albanian Defence Minister Arben Imami said on Sunday (February 7th). “Kosovo has developed into a stable country … showing political maturity,” Imami said in Tirana, after attending a meeting of NATO defence ministers …

Kosovo’s PM Hashim Thaci told political directors of the foreign ministries of the 25 member states of the International Steering Group, ISG, that the strategy for northern Kosovo is above all crucial for improving the lives of the people who reside there.

The key project that can contribute to further cooperation between Albania and Macedonia is the continued construction of the east-west European road and rail network, the countries’ foreign ministers concluded Monday at a meeting in Tirana.

SARAJEVO Ekspertni timovi Evropske komisije, koji su jučer u BiH započeli provjeru provedbe uslova za ukidanje viza bh. građanima, nisu imali primjedbi na realizaciju uslova, rekao je Samir Rizvo, šef bh. Interresorne radne grupe za liberalizaciju viznog režima. “Predstavnici Evropske komisije zaduženi za oblasti granica, migracija i azila započeli su …

The cooperation between Macedonia and Albania is highly significant to the stability in the region and to overall development of the Balkans, a senior Macedonian official said on Monday. Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki made the remarks at a joint press conference with his Albanian counterpart Ilir Meta.

Ministarstvo pravde BiH pripremilo je, a Vijeće ministara BiH i parlament BiH usvojili izmjene Zakona o ministarstvima i drugim organima uprave, kojima je Ured za reviziju svrstan među upravne organizacije. Tim su izmjenama na mala vrata dokinuli nezavisnost ovog ureda.

SARAJEVO Jedini put u sigurnu i prosperitetnu budućnost za BiH su evropske i evroatlantske integracije. Poručili su to jučer senatori Džon Mekejn i Džozef Liberman, koji su predvodili delegaciju Kongresa SAD, koja je boravila u jednodnevnoj posjeti BiH. Naglasili su da BiH mora prestati gubiti vrijeme te krenuti putem jedinstva …

The International Monetary Mission Fund (IMF) will send its mission to Belgrade on Monday to assess the country’s bid for a third installment of the stand-by agreement of an IMF.

Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki is set to visit Albania on Monday. During his stay in Tirana, Minister Milososki will meet Foreign Minister Ilir Meta, President Bamir Topi, Parliament President Josefina Topali and Prime Minister Sali Berisha.

On the second day of his working visit to Britain Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov visits the British intelligence and parliament and confers with his British counterpart Gordon Brown.