Balkans

BiH EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said that the institution Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina should be renamed into an Office of Representative of the European Union. Rehn stated that at the yesterday’s session, the EU foreign ministers discussed the developments in BiH. He pointed out …

GREECE, MACEDONIA Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis is expected to meet UN mediator Matthew Nimetz later this month. The meeting with Nimitz has been scheduled for September 27 in New York. Bakoyannis and Nimitz will discuss the course of negotiations for resolution of the name row between Greece and Macedonia.

BiH Muslim and Croatian victims of Bosnia’s war voiced outrage on Tuesday at the UN war crimes court’s decision to grant early release to a Bosnian Serb ex-president Blijana Plavsic. “It might be in line with international law, but it has nothing to do with justice,” said Murat Tahirovic, head …

BULGARIA The Belene nuclear power project should be given a chance but without the state committing any taxpayers’ money, said Bulgarian energy minister Traycho Traykov. Speaking to Nova Television on Tuesday, he explained that the power station could be built without any commitments on the part of the Bulgarian government. …

SERBIA Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says that Serbia has fulfilled all the conditions required for EU visa liberalisation, Fonet news agency reported on Tuesday. “I am sure that Serbia has met all the conditions and that a positive decision will be taken by the European Commission, EC, at the …

BiH Three senior international envoys have strongly condemned Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik for accusing Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) of staging civilian massacres. “Any attempt to change the established historical record of war crimes is unacceptable and inexcusable,” High Representative Valentin Inzko, the head of the Council of Europe in Bosnia …

BiH Vijeće ministara BiH utvrdilo je jučer Prijedlog zakona o podjeli 170,9 miliona KM dobivenih sporazumom o sukcesiji bivše SFRJ. Prema zakonskom prijedlogu usvojenom većinom glasova, 10 odsto od ovog iznosa pripast će državi, 58 odsto Federaciji BiH, 29 odsto Republici Srpskoj i tri odsto Brčko distriktu. “Finansijska sredstva koja …

BiH Stranka demokratske akcije nije odustala od povlačenja svojih ministara iz Vijeća ministara BiH, tvrdi Halid Genjac, predsjednik Glavnog odbora SDA i prvi stranački operativac za imenovanja na državnom nivou. Genjac ističe da je moguće da će SDA zatražiti i ostavku predsjedavajućeg Vijeća ministara BiH Nikole Špirića zbog, kako kaže, …

SERBIA Serbia is a democratic country, but democracy is not sufficiently developed, reads a message from parliament to mark the International Day of Democracy. The message states that Serbia celebrates the International Day of Democracy as a free, democratic and secular state. The Serbian parliament’s website states that democracy in …

KOSOVO The deadline for expires today for countries wishing to take part in the case on Kosovo’s independence at the International Court of Justice. The public debate, which begins on December 1, will be open to all UN member-states, regardless of whether or not they have previously submitted written testimony. …