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Dogovor o imenovanjima pomoći će uspješnijem radu Vijeća ministara BiH i stoga treba biti postignut u što skorijem roku, kaže Sadik Ahmetović, novoimenovani ministar sigurnosti BiH i zamjenik predsjedavajućeg Vijeća ministara BiH. Nije mogao govoriti o stanju u sigurnosnim agencijama s obzirom na to da je tek u ponedjeljak preuzeo …

SAD nisu pripremile novi paket ustavnih promjena u BiH koji bi domaćim liderima bio ponuđen po principu uzmi ili ostavi.Potvrdili su to predstavnici domaćih političkih stranaka koji su jučer poslijepodne i sinoć na odvojenim sastancima razgovarali s Džejmsom Stajnbergom, zamjenikom američkog državnog sekretara, koji boravi u dvodnevnoj posjeti BiH. “Imao …

Montenegrin Deputy Prime Minister Svetozar Marovic said that there are no obstacles for Montenegro to establish diplomatic relations with Kosovo. Marovic said that Serbia should not be angry to Montenegro due to Podgorica’s decision and ongoing preparations for opening its consular department in Pristina. When asked whether Montenegro would withdraw …

Former member of Bosnian Presidency Jozo Krizanovic died in Zagreb on Wednesday following surgery, his party said. Krizanovic, who was member of the opposition Social Democratic Party, was 63.

Macedonia’s name dispute with Greece has to be solved once and for all and now is a good time to do so, the chief of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso told journalists in Brussels, following his meeting with Macedonia’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. He noted that the European Commission’s …

The main opposition party in Greece has elected a former foreign minister and party rebel as its new leader, causing both concern and hope in neighboring Turkey. While giving a tacit support to Turkey’s EU membership bid, Antonis Samaras is also expected to purse hard-line foreign policy. The unexpected result …

The European Commission Mission in Serbia has changed its name to EU Delegation in Serbia. As the Lisbon Treaty came into effect on Tuesday, the EC mission in Serbia chief, Vincent Degert, became the chief of the EU delegation in Serbia. The treaty was signed on December 13, 2007 and …

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg is expected to meet today with political leaders in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The American embassy in Sarajevo confirmed this, and said that the talks will be dedicated to a recent

Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski will meet EC President Jose Manuel Barroso on Tuesday on occasion of EU decision for start of accession negotiations with Macedonia. Prime Minister urged his Greek counterpart George Papandreou not to block Macedonia’s road towards EU at EU Council’s session. The same appeal was sent yesterday …

A protest against changing Macedonia’s name, organized by the World Macedonian Congress, will be staged outside the EU Office in Skopje. One of the messages sent from the protest will be that Athens’s demands and pressure of the European bureaucracy