Balkans

The head of Macedonia’s junior governing party, the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, Ali Ahmeti has expressed optimism about a possible solution to the on-going name row with Greece.

Bosnia’s top envoy Valentin Inzko met US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, on the second leg of a US tour in which he has highlighted the growing sence of urgency in Bosnia’s worsening political crisis.

Bosni i Hercegovini ne treba ovakav OHR jer trenutno ne zna je li zadužen za mirovni sporazum ili za evropske integracije, kaže predsjednik Socijaldemokratske partije BiH (SDP) Zlatko Lagumdžija. “Nama treba izuzetno snažan evropski ured u BiH koji će nam reći šta jeste, a šta nije evropski standard na našem …

Predstavnički dom parlamenta BiH potvrdio je jučer odluku o imenovanju Sadika Ahmetovića na mjesto ministra sigurnosti i zamjenika predsjedavajućeg Vijeća ministara BiH. Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara BiH Nikola Špirić Ahmetovića je imenovao protekle sedmice, a jučerašnjom potvrdom njegove odluke, nakon četiri mjeseca, okončana je procedura popune funkcije ministra sigurnosti.

The Swedish EU presidency presumes the Republic of Moldova may be admitted to the European Union even before Western Balkan states, Moldova’s Acting President, Parliament Chairman Mihai Ghimpu stated to the press after his meeting with the First Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag parliament] of Sweden, Jan Bjorkman.

Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen will visit Belgrade on December 16. The Netherlands is opposed to the implementation of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) between Serbia and the European Union before the remaining two Hague fugitives have been extradited.

In democratic countries, the political debate rolls out in parliament, and therefore it is necessary that opposition parties in Albania end the boycott of parliament, senior EU official said. Pierre Mirel, European Commission Director the Western Balkans, made the remarks in Tirana on Tuesday.

Albania’s Foreign Minister and Deputy PM Ilir Meta will pay 2-day visit to Kosovo. Meta, who was invited by his Kosovo counterpart Skender Hiseni, is scheduled to meet top officials of Kosovo and Serbian representatives. Media pointed out that Kosovo officials will discuss about Tirana’s lobbing for continuing the process …

The former UN Deputy Special Envoy for Kosovo, Ambassador Albert Rohan believes that Pristina’s future is in the European family, and warns that there might be some difficulties regarding UN membership.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Rumyana Zheleva, who is on a 3-day visit to Washington, was received yesterday by Richard Morningstar, the US Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, and Jonathan Elkind from the United States Department of Energy.