Balkans

Public administration officials have compiled answers to seven of the 35 chapters in the European Commission (EC) questionnaire, which is crucial to receiving EU candidate status. Answers on the free movement of workers, public procurement, fisheries, transport policies, economic and monetary policies, policies of trans-European transportation and customs were delivered …

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) President Mevlut Cavusoglu will head a delegation to assist President Bamir Topi in mediating political negotiations between the government and the opposition in the ongoing boycott of parliament. Cavusoglu’s delegation will support the process to restore political dialogue in Albania, the office …

NATO Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples Admiral Mark Fitzgerald said Thursday (February 18th) that NATO does not determine the future status of the Kosovo Security Forces (KSF). “It is up to us to build the KSF. What local institutions do further with the forces, that is up to …

Zapadni Balkan je glavni prioritet spoljne politike za EU i srećna sam što posjećujem region na jednom od mojih prvih putovanja u inostranstvo kao visoka predstavnica EU”, izjavila je u pisanom intervjuu za “Nezavisne novine” šef diplomatije Evropske unije Ketrin Ešton uoči svog dolaska u Sarajevo. Kako je juče najavljeno, …

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said that no Serbian officials will be attending the inauguration of new Croatian President Ivo Josipović.

The EU Foreign and Security Policies Chief Catherine Ashton will be making a visit to Serbia on Thursday. Ashton will be meeting with Serbian senior officials, including the president, prime minister, and other cabinet officials to discuss Serbia’s EU integration process. 

Leaders of the parties of ethnical Albanians, present and former politicians, former commanders of the National Liberation Army marked 2 years anniversary of Kosovo independence.

The EU finance and economy ministers on Tuesday approved Greece’s plan to solve its public finance crisis within three years. The programme envisions measures to slash the country’s huge budget deficit by 4% this year with more measures to come.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said in Moscow on Tuesday that his country’s economic woes will not negatively affect implementation of the South Stream gas pipeline. Papandreou also declared that the current situation in Greece will have a positive effect on relations with Russia. Putin, in turn, downplayed Greece’s economic …

US Ambassador to BiH Charles English said that the referendum issue in the entity of Republika Srpska is very sensitive, adding the United States would consider provocative any issue that endangers the country’s stability, sovereignty or territorial integrity. The US Ambassador deplored the lack of reform, saying the political stalemate …