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President Boris Tadić said in Stockholm on Tuesday that he expects Serbia to become a candidate for European Union membership next year. At a reception organized in his honor by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Tadić said that Serbia will be a positive surprise to Europe in the coming year, …

A delegation of Serbian representatives of Kosovo institutions has embarked on a historic trip to Albania upon an invitation of the government in Tirana. Kosovo Serb delegation, led by Slobodan Petrovic, Member of Kosovo Assembly Presidency, met with Albanian Foreign Minister Ilir Meta on Tuesday.

Ured visokog predstavnika međunarodne zajednice završio je popis državne imovine, a politički dogovor o njenoj raspodjeli i vlasništvu odgovornost je domaćih političkih lidera, izjavio je Valentin Incko, visoki predstavnik, prilikom jučerašnje prezentacije baze podataka o državnoj imovini. “Naš tim napravio je popis imovine koju je BiH dobila sukcesijom SFRJ i …

Macedonian Prime Minister and leader of the main ruling party VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, said that he was satisfied with the functioning of the partnership between the VMRO-DPMNE and its junior partner, the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration, DUI. Gruevski said that communication with the DUI was “relatively good” and …

Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević has meet with CoE Parliamentary Assembly Rapporteur Dick Marty in Zurich, Switzerland. Vukčević informed Marty about the latest findings of his office in the Kosovo organ trade case, the prosecution said in a statement in Belgrade on Tuesday.

“I am extremely pleased to be here today to welcome and to reiterate my strong support to the cooperation project between the Municipal Court of Sarajevo and the Basic Court of Banja Luka. As I stated at your previous meeting of 9 of September, the relations these two courts have …

Greek President Karolos Papoulias has send his response to his Macedonian counterpart Gjorgje Ivanov and pointed out that he would come and visit Macedonia as soon as the name issue is settled. “I read your letter with great interest. Greece strongly supports the good neighborly relations with all neighboring countries, …

Serbia’s ruling Democratic Party, DS, announced it might re-examine relations with its coalition partners after four deputies of an ethnic minority party, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, SVM, voted on Monday against the draft budget for next year. Parliament met on Monday to approve the draft bill. The SVM decided not …

Croatia made progress on Monday towards its goal of wrapping up negotiations next year to join the European Union but entry talks were stalled in some areas by neighbouring Slovenia, an EU member. A dispute over borders between Croatia and Slovenia had kept talks frozen in many policy areas, making …

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov has refused to attend an informal meeting of leaders from several countries scheduled for January in Prizren. Albanian language newspapers in Priština write today that the “informal summit, planned to be held on January 7 and 8 in Prizren, is organized by Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu”.