Media report that the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, Serge Brammertz, is satisfied with the level of Serbia’s cooperation with the Tribunal even though he has not stated that the country is fully cooperating. Brammertz wrote in his regular report to the UN …
Read More »Corruption in Balkans Hinders Investments
The 2009 corruption perception index released by the Berlin-based watchdog Transparency International shows that most countries in the Balkans have not improved their position in the global anti-corruption index. With the exception of Montengro, there appears to have been little impact on the fight against corruption despite actions taken to …
Read More »Serbs Do Not Need Passports to Enter Kosovo
Bakim Kelani, spokeperson for the Kosovo Police Service, KPS, has announced that Serbian and Montenegrin nationals do not need a passport to enter Kosovo.
Read More »Sweden Calls for Name Settlement
Macedonia and Greece must use the window of opportunity before the December EU council to strike a deal on their name spat that continues to block Skopje’s Euro-Atlantic integration, Swedish Foreign Minister said on Tuesday. “This has to be dealt with bilaterally” Carl Bildt, whose country is currently running the …
Read More »Kosovo Opposition Party Accuses of Fraud
The opposition New Kosovo Alliance, AKR, is accusing the Alliance for Future of Kosovo, AAK, for manipulation in polling stations in the Gjakova municipality during Kosovo’s local election.
Read More »Skopje: Name negotiations continue
Macedonia’s top officials have decided that the country should stay actively involved in the negotiations about its name. The talks meant to bring closer the positions of Skopje and Athens on this issue are being conducted under the UN patronage.
Read More »Serbian Minister Protests Kosovo at Conference
Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic protested on Monday at a conference in Brussels because the Kosovo Albanian delegation did not have UNMIK signboards on its table. Dacic considered the missing UNMIK signboards from the tables as an attempt to prejudge the status of Kosovo.
Read More »Novi paket liderima stiže krajem sedmice
Novi američko-evropski prijedlog ustavnih promjena u BiH bitno se ne razlikuje od butmirskog paketa, izjavio je jučer Sulejman Tihić, predsjednik SDA, nakon sastanka sa Stjuartom Džonsom i Larsom Valundom, pomoćnikom zamjenika američkog državnog sekratara, odnosno političkim direktorom u Ministarstvu vanjskih poslova Švedske.
Read More »“Region should help Bosnia-Herzegovina”
An Igman Initiative gathering has asked governments of Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia and Serbia help Bosnia-Herzegovina get on the white Schengen list. “Excluding Bosnia-Herzegovina from the white Schengen system leads to shutting out of a country, which will only deepen the already existing internal crisis,” pointed out the coalition of non-governmental …
Read More »Barrot: EC to approve visa liberalization
European Commission Vice President Jacques Barrot said that the EU Council of Ministers will propose approval of visa liberalization for citizens of Serbia, at its meeting November 30. “The country made a great effort to meet the criteria, so without a doubt the EU Council of Ministers will propose visa …
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