Balkans

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton told historian Taylor Branch that Europe did not do everything it could have done to help Bosnia-Herzegovina. He said that Bosnia did not receive this help because of the European fear of a Muslim state on its territory.

Montenegrin Deputy Prime Minister Svetozar Marović said that Serbia should be Montenegro’s closest ally in the region. “We expect Serbia to have the same opinion of Montenegro,” Marović said .

The United States Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon said he thinks the Athens-Skopje “name” row can be resolved soon, and in the interest of both sides. “It is true that the agreement is possible and it is important to be resolved,” Gordon said to the Voice of America, Macedonian …

New Zealand has become the 63rd country to recognisne Kosovo’s independence. Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni confirmed on Monday that he had received a diplomatic note confirming recognition from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand.

A district court in Banja Luka has dismissed as unfounded an earlier ruling ordering the town to pay over 33 million euros to the Islamic community for 16 mosques destroyed during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. “This ruling shows that nothing had changed (since the war) and that the same people who …

EU officials in Brussels urged Albania on Monday to hasten the reforms necessary to lift the current visa requirements for its citizens, in order no to miss on the next wave of visa liberalisation in the Balkans. “You help us, we will help you,” was the message of the general …

Butmirski proces nije novi uslov za evroatlantske integracije, ali je on izuzetno važan za napredak zemlje, poručio je Dejvid Miliband, ministar inostranih poslova Velike Britanije, nakon susreta sa šefom bh. diplomatije Svenom Alkalajem. “Butmirski proces je važna prilika za vašu zemlju. Odluka o budućnosti BiH je na njenim liderima i …

German Ambassador to Serbia Wolfram Maas said that Kosovo and Holland are not obstacles on Serbia’s path towards joining the European Union. He said that Serbia’s task is to complete all conditions that are expected of any other candidate for EU membership. “There is only one obligation before Serbia for …

Republic of Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik has accepted an invitation for a meeting between Bosnia-Herzegovina political leaders in Sarajevo. The invitation was extended to Dodik by Democratic Action Party (SDA) President Sulejman Tihić. The meeting is expected to be held on November 12 in Sarajevo.

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, admitted Saturday he had reprimanded his Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, over a recent remark. Naydenov recently said he expected the state to win the suits against former Tsar and former PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg for the annulling the restitution of 16 000 decares of forests (plots …