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PODGORICA Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović says that his country will soon have its ambassador in Belgrade.Podgorica’s top diplomatic envoy to Serbia was expelled last year after Montenegro recognized Kosovo Albanians’ independence declaration.

SKOPJE Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu has arrived in Macedonia, where he is on an unofficial visit.He was invited by Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov.The visit is seen as improvement of relations, since Sejdiu in June canceled his trip to Skopje, unhappy that Ivanov did not plan to receive him with full …

SARAJEVO Tarik Sadović, ministar sigurnosti i zamjenik predsjedavajućeg Vijeća ministara BiH, odbija podnijeti ostavku na ovu funkciju sve dok predsjednik SDA Sulejman Tihić ne objavi razloge zbog kojih traži njegovu smjenu. Sadović tvrdi da njegovu smjenu od Tihića traže Rafi Gregorijan i Čarls Ingliš, prvi zamjenik visokog predstavnika i američki …

Sarajevo – Several hundred people are expected to gathered Saturday at the Potocari Memorial Park in Bosnia to mark the 14th anniversary of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The remains of 534 victims will be buried later in the day. So far a total of 3,749 identified bodies have been buried …

ZAGREB, Croatia A regional summit on energy, investments and economic development began on Thursday (July 9th) in the coastal resort of Dubrovnik. Heads of government, foreign ministers and diplomats from the region, as well as officials from the United States and the EU, are participating in the two-day forum.

PODGORICA, Montenegro Parliament passed a declaration Thursday (July 9th) condemning the crimes Serbian forces committed against Bosniak civilians in Srebrenica, as well as “all other crimes committed during the conflicts from 1991 to 2001 on the territory of the former Yugoslavia”.

SOFIA, Bulgaria The lame duck government went ahead and named political appointees to various diplomatic posts Thursday (July 9th), despite a warning from the Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria (GERB), which won Sunday’s parliamentary elections.

BRUSSELS, Belgium The European Commission (EC) will ask the EU Council next week to offer visa-free travel to citizens of Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia, EU Justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot said on Thursday (July 9th). Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn will officially present the proposal in Strasbourg on Tuesday. It will require …

ATHENS, Greece An estimated 2,000 people marched in Athens on Thursday (July 9th) to protest racism and government plans to deport illegal immigrants. They rallied outside parliament chanting “No to expulsion!” The demonstration was organised by trade unions, the Committee for Protection of Immigrants and leftist groups. Several far-left groups, …

PRISTINA, Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu called on UNMIK to shut down its mission, in his annual address to parliament Thursday (July 9th). “It can be called a successful story of the international commitment in Kosovo,” Sejdiu said.