Balkans

Dutch FM Maxime Verhagen says the arrest of Gen. Ratko Mladić remains the condition of ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA).

EULEX spokesman Christophe Lamfalussy on Wednesday made a statement on the first anniversary of the arrival of EULEX arrival in Kosovo. All achievements made by Kosovo in the police, customs and judiciary sectors are also achievements of this EU mission.

Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki will pay official visit t Federal Republic of Germany, where he will attend two conferences.

Macedonian Defense Minister Zoran Konjanovski will visit NATO Headquarters in Brussels and the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers Europe in Mons in Belgium.

Differences between two European countries should be settled through mutual understanding and respect, Macedonia’s deputy premier Vasko Naumovski said Wednesday, referring to his country’s row with Greece. While this week’s EU Council meeting did not give Macedonia a desired start date for accession negotiations, the meeting clearly demonstrated that Macedonia …

Despite its huge potentials, Bosnia remains one of the World’s least competitive countries because its politicians hold up the key reforms, perpetuating a political crisis for their own interests, a top international diplomat in the country said.

Osobe s invaliditetom u BiH moraju imati najveći mogući stepen zaštite i osigurana jednaka prava kao i svi ostali građani. UN-ova konvencija o pravima osoba s invaliditetom trebala bi pomoći u uspostavljanju sistema koji će olakšati život pripadnicima ove populacije i zato je njena ratifikacija poželjan i ohrabrujući potez.

Azem Vllasi will be the first Kosovo ambassador to Montenengro, media report, once Podgorica establishes diplomatic relations with the country. The Tanjug news agency said Vllasi could not specify when he will be officially nominated, adding that it is not diplomatic practice to speak about such details until he gets …

The construction of the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline in Bulgaria will not start within the next 18 months, until Bulgaria’s Environment Ministry has prepared an environmental impact assessment on the project. The pipeline is planned to transport Russian and Caspian oil from the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas to the …

The time has come for Belgrade to apply for EU membership, and the application should be submitted “before Christmas”, Italy’s FM Franco Frattini says. Frattini told the press that Serbia was on a path towards EU accession, adding that he hoped it would happen within a reasonable amount of time. …