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Slovene politicians have finally agreed on amendments necessary for Slovenia to accept the proposal of European Union expansion commissioner Olli Rehn, but not many believe that Pahor`s terms will be acceptable for the European Commission and Croatia, Slovene press assessed on Wednesday. Furthermore, Olli Rehn`s spokesperson Krisztina Nagy reiterated that …

PRISTINA, Kosovo Integrating the Serb minority remains the chief challenge facing Kosovo more than a year after Pristina declared its independence, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said in a report Tuesday (May 12th). According to the document, Belgrade has channelled substantial funds into Serb municipalities, but with limited results. Parallel …

ZAGREB, Croatia Employees of elementary and secondary schools, as well as the staffs of research institutions, went on strike Wednesday (May 12th) despite encouraging negotiations between their trade unions and the cabinet, which dragged on through the night.

Relatives of those massacred in 1995 are dismayed by reports that their loved ones’ exhumed possessions may since have been destroyed without their permission. Families of the men and boys killed in Srebrenica are in uproar over claims that personal things taken by ICTY investigators from mass graves located in …

Police in Bosnia took war crimes fugitive Branimir Glavas into custody following a decision on Tuesday by Croatia to issue an international arrest warrant. Glavas’ Bosnian attorney Nikic Grzic confirmed for Croatian television HTV that Glavas is to be taken to Sarajevo before noon Wednesday, in order to determine whether …

Serbia’s state owned gas company will on Friday sign an agreement with Russian gas giant Gazprom for the construction of a part of the South Stream gas pipeline that will go through Serbia. General Director of Srbijagas Dusan Bajatovic said he will sign the agreement with the president of Gazprom …

The Prime Minister of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska has challenged the legality of the judicial bodies investigating a case that officials say could implicate him of fraud. Infuriated over the probe which according to several officials could also implicate a number of other Bosnian Serb leaders, Milorad …

On his first day after swearing the oath of office, Macedonia’s new President Georgi Ivanov wrote a letter to his US counterpart reaffirming his commitment to finding a solution to the long standing name row with neighboring Greece. “Let me point out our determination to keep up the dialogue with …

Slovenia said it will reject an EU proposal to use international arbitration to settle the ongoing border dispute with Croatia which threatens to stall Zagreb’s accession to the bloc, unless Brussels accepts Slovene amendments “Unless amendments which are of major importance to Slovenia are included, Slovenia will not accept the …

Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO Županijski sud u Zagrebu jučer je odredio pritvor i naredio raspisivanje potjernice za Branimirom Glavašem, zastupnikom u Saboru Hrvatske, koji je prošle sedmice osuđen na deset godina zatvora zbog zločina nad srpskim civilima u Osijeku. Prethodno je saborska komisija ukinula imunitet Glavašu, koji je prošle sedmice …