Balkans

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic has announced that the country’s new biometric passports will be offered to all residents of Kosovo, stressing that the decision is technical, rather than political in nature. Late Sunday evening, Jeremic appeared on the local B92 Television station and announced that Serbia would be placed …

Kosovo still lacks an international dialling code a year after its Constitution. According to Minister of Transport and Post Telecommunications, Fatmir Limaj, the chances of receiving a country code have been very small even after many efforts to obtain one.

Macedonia must not be dictated terms that go against the dignity of its people, the country’s president said ahead of UN talks with neighbouring Greece over the country’s disputed name due to resume today. In an interview for the online edition of the German newspaper “Der Spiegel” last Friday, president …

Contemporary Europe steadily enters a historical course of Islamization, a trend of macro-historical proportions and of vital social, political and economic significance. The Islam is the unifying factor of more than a billion people, characterized by high birth rates, great devotion to their religious norms and canons, but also knowledgeable …

Author: Mirza Čubro Svaki pojedinac u BiH u proteklih 14 godina bar je jednom doživio diskriminaciju. Postoje oni koji, primjerice, nisu mogli dobiti posao zbog vjerskog opredjeljenja, nacionalnosti, pola… U oči bode činjenica da su pripadnici manjinskih naroda diskriminirani u dijelovima zemlje u kojima su dobri poslovi, kvalitetni projekti rezervirani …

Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO – Popis stanovništva u BiH neće biti održan 2011. godine kako je to planirano jer će ministri SDA u Vijeću ministara BiH i poslanici ove stranke u parlamentu BiH glasati protiv zakona o popisu, tvrdi Sulejman Tihić, predsjednik SDA. “Revidirana strategija provedbe Aneksa 7 Dejtonskog mirovnog …

BELGRADE, Serbia Presidents of fourteen Central and Southeast European countries voiced strong support Friday (June 19th) for the Western Balkans’ integration into the EU and its visa liberalisation process, media reported. Attending a two-day summit in the northern town of Novi Sad, the leaders stressed the entire region’s future depends …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) The EU said on Friday (June 19th) that BiH has violated its commitments under the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) by adopting a controversial law on customs duties, media reported. On Thursday, parliament endorsed the bill, which imposes higher duties on nearly 1,000 items, …

TIRANA, Albania The United States and the EU on Friday (June 19th) once again called on Albania to hold free and fair elections to boost its chances for closer ties with the West, media reported. In a statement, the US Embassy in Tirana said next week’s elections will test the …

ATHENS, Greece The long-awaited new Acropolis Museum was officially inaugurated on Saturday (June 20th) at a ceremony in Athens. Greece’s political leaders and hundreds of foreign dignitaries, artists and academics attended the ceremony. The museum was intended to open in time for the 2004 Athens Olympics, but technical and bureaucratic …