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Evropski sud za ljudska prava uvažio je žalbe Derve Sejdića i Jakoba Fincija i presudio da BiH diskriminira svoje građane zabranjujući svima koji se ne izjašnjavaju kao Bošnjaci, Srbi ili Hrvati pravo da biraju i budu birani. Presuda koja je u utorak objavljena nikog nije iznenadila. Svi znamo da je …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a loan tranche of EUR 349.6mn for Serbia. This international financial institution also stated that the effects of the economic crisis have for now been successfully curbed in the country. The IMF board of directors has finished the second revision of the Serbian …

Serbian President Boris Tadić will today in Belgrade meet with Serb leaders from the region. A statement from his cabinet did not specify who the president would host today. However, Republic of Srpska (RS) Premier Milorad Dodik’s cabinet has confirmed that he would attend. Unofficially, Serb representative in Croatia Milorad …

Submitting Serbia’s application for EU candidacy was not premature, says Boris Tadić, and adds he hopes the country would receive that status in 2010. Speaking in Novi Sad on Wednesday night, the president said that Serbia was “not the same country” after the formal request to become EU candidate, submitted …

Croatian Ambassador Ivan Kujundjic has become a Doyen Ambassador to Macedonia, Croatian foreign ministry said in a statement. “For a small country such as the Republic of Croatia, it’s a great recognition to be first among the representatives of the international community in certain country,” Kujundhic said. He serves as …

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha extended an invitation to Serbian President Boris Tadic to visit Tirana. Berisha met with a delegation of Kosovo Serbs, who embarked on a historic trip to Albania, and told them that he invited Serbian president to visit Albania, local media reported.

As of January 1, Montenegrin nationals up to 14 years old who intend to travel to Serbia will require passports, while those aged 14 to 18 will need to present either a passport or ID card. The decision was made by the Serbian Interior Ministry, according to a statement released …

Macedonia’s Constitutional Court has decided not to launch a procedure following an initiative put forward by the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, LDP, to review the constitutionality of the recent Macedonia-Kosovo border ratification agreement. The judges decided that the bilateral agreement involved only a demarcation deal and did not changed the …

After a meeting with representatives of the Serb minority in Kosovo, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced on Thursday the gifting of a 400,000 euro grant to the community of Gracanica. Berisha held a joint meeting with Slobodan Petrovic, head of the Serbian Liberal Party in Kosovo, where he expressed …

Bulgarian Prime Minister (PM) Boyko Borisov has discussed issues on bilateral relations of Bulgaria with Macedonia and Serbia. In a telephone talks he has wished the two friendly countries on their path to the integration in European structures and has welcomed the official Serbia’s application for EU accession, the government …