Balkans

TIRANA, Albania Greek authorities are allowing Albanian immigrants to visit their country for the June 28th general elections. The Greek Interior Ministry said on Wednesday (June 10th) that all Albanian immigrants can go home twice this year and come back to Greece legally, between late June and late September.

PRISTINA, Kosovo The government is asking the OSCE mission to help organise local elections this autumn, Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci said in a press conference Wednesday (June 10th) after meeting with OSCE chief Werner Almhofer. “The Kosovo government invites the OSCE to work together, to have full co-operation,” he …

NATO Defence Ministers agreed yesterday in Brussels to reduce the KFOR troop presence in Kosovo, taking into account the steady improvement of the security situation there. “The decision to gradually reduce troop numbers will reflect this [security situation] development,” reads a report issued by NATO headquarters.

The Bosnian Serb leadership has delivered another blow to the waning international presence in Bosnia, by ignoring a western ultimatum and deadline to abolish a disputed Assembly declaration, media reported on Friday. The Assembly of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska by Thursday evening failed to discuss the demand …

A concluding meeting between Serbian officials and the European Commission will take place today in Brussels before any decision can be made on abolishing the visa regime for Serbian citizens traveling to EU countries. Officials will study the EC report on Serbia to determine whether the country has met the …

The release of videos showing war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic moving about freely has Serbian officials questioning the timing of what they say is a plot to discredit them before the EU, Anes Alic reports for ISN Security Watch. Bosnian broadcaster Federal Television (FTV) on Wednesday night aired what appears …

Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO – Predstavnički dom parlamenta BiH usvojio je jučer zakone o graničnoj kontroli, kretanju naoružanja i vojne opreme, međunarodnoj pravnoj pomoći u krivičnim stvarima te sprečavanju pranja novca i finansiranja terorizma. Usvajanjem ova četiri zakona ispunjava se dio preostalih obaveza za liberalizaciju viznog režima za građane BiH …

PODGORICA, Montenegro Democratic Party of Socialists leader Milo Djukanovic presented his new government and its programme to parliament Tuesday (June 9th), citing European and Euro-Atlantic integration as top priorities.

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on Tuesday (June 9th) rejected calls by High Representative Valentin Inzko for the RS parliament to withdraw its resolution on transferring powers from the entity to BiH.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands The long-delayed trial against two former senior Serb security chiefs resumed at the UN war crimes tribunal Tuesday (June 9th), a year after one defendant’s health forced an interruption of the trial.