Balkans

Fatmir Sejdiu says he will not invite President Boris Tadić to a “mini summit of presidents of Kosovo’s neighboring countries”. “I won’t invite him to a meeting of colleagues from the region. There will certainly be other occasions, but I won’t invite him just for the sake of it. How …

The Spanish state secretary for European affairs says his country will “encourage” Serbia and the West Balkans in the EU integration process.

The newly appointed Kosovo Ambassador to Croatia, Veldet Sadiku will present his credentials to Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Tuesday. Croatia was the first Balkan country to recognize Kosovo’s independence on March 19 2008. The two countries have established diplomatic relations on June 30, 2008. Croatia has already opened a …

Montenegrin Deputy Prime Minister Svetozar Marović said that Serbia’s success in European integration will help the entire region’s goals of EU accession. He said that the visa liberalization for Serbia, Montenegrin and Macedonian citizens confirms these countries are on a good path towards the EU and are achieving concrete results …

Rasim Ljajić has announced that he will resign as one of the coordinators of the action team set up to cooperate with the Hague Tribunal. Ljajić, who is also labor minister and president of the Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, said he will submit his resignation to Prime …

Freshly uncovered ancient artifacts could strengthen the Macedonian position in the “name” talks with neighboring Greece if only Athens would recognise the argument of facts, Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said on Sunday. 

After nearly all votes from the Croatian presidential elections had been counted late on Sunday, the country’s electoral commission announced that a run-off will have to be called between the leftist opposition candidate and the long-time mayor of Zagreb. Preliminary results of the presidential elections held on Sunday put Ivo …

Edin Arnaut, bivši direktor ugašene zeničke Industrije mesa “Zmajevac” koji je zatvorsku kaznu izbjegao zbog zastare, pokušava na Ekonomskom fakultetu u Zenici prijaviti odbranu doktorske disertacije iako ju je Naučnonastavno vijeće ocijenilo neprihvatljivom. Arnaut je u dva navrata osuđivan na zatvorsku kaznu zbog zloupotrebe položaja ali je, u konačnici, oslobođen …

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Đukanović said that Podgorica will not wait to establish diplomatic relations with Priština. “There should be no more hiding behind alibis, with expectations that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will give some kind of explicit negation of the total policies of the …

Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu sent a Christmas card to Pope Benedict and urged Vatican to recognize Kosovo’s independence as soon as possible. “Citizens of Kosovo can hardly wait Vatican to recognize their country. Vatican is an example of peace, harmony and good ethnic relations and I hope next year Vatican …