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TIRANA, Albania Politics should remain separate from the judicial system, while justice means treating all citizens equally and fairly, President Bamir Topi said on Sunday (May 10th). He was hosting an event marking the 96th anniversary of the establishment of the Albanian justice system. Topi thanked judges, prosecutors and the …

Serbs have ended weeks of protests in northern Kosovo after reaching an agreement with the UN Mission to the country, UNMIK, Serbian media report. According to Tanjug news agency, Serbs in the north of the divided town of Mitrovica stated that they reached an agreement with the international community representatives …

At a parliament ceremony, Tuesday, Georgi Ivanov, took an oath to became Macedonia’s fourth democratically elected head of state in the country’s 18-year history. The ceremony kicked-off at midday with the national anthem, followed by the taking of the oath and the President’s inaugural speech. In that speech, Ivanov stated …

The Students’ Parliament of the State University in Tetovo, DUT, called for an all out Albanian boycott of Tuesday’s inauguration ceremony of Macedonia’s new President Georgi Ivanov. The students appealed to the heads of the ethnic Albanian parties in Macedonia, and Albanian President Bamir Topi to boycott the swear-in ceremony …

Bosnia and Herzegovina legs behind all other Balkan countries in implementing reforms that would enable establishment of visa-free regime with EU countries, officials and media said on Tuesday. “Macedonia and Serbia has gone much further in the implementation of conditions for a visa-free regime. Bosnia and Herzegovina is lagging behind, …

Up to twenty people were injured Sunday in clashes between Kosovo’s police and Serbs, sparked by electricity cuts. The protests began at the eastern village of Gjilan/Gnjilane, when police say protesters gathered and blocked the Gjilane/Gnjilane-Bujanovac road. Kosovo Police said that ten policemen were injured as around 300 Serbs threw …

The scrapping of EU visas for Macedonia, Serbia and most likely Montenegro will probably be postponed for several months, media in Skopje claimed on Monday. The “visa wall” can only fall in mid-2010, and not at the beginning of the year as previously hoped, local Utrinski Vesnik daily reports. According …

AutHor: Mirza Čubro Granična policija BiH nije imala obavezu da evidentira ulazak Branimira Glavaša u Bosnu i Hercegovinu, tvrdi Vinko Dumančić, direktor Granične policije. Kaže da zbog ovog razloga ni ne znaju kada je i na kojem prelazu u našu zemlju ušao Glavaš, zastupnik Sabora Hrvatske, nakon što je u …

AutHor: Mirza Čubro Bijeg u BiH Branimira Glavaša, osuđenog na deset godina zatvora zbog zločina nad srpskim civilima u Osijeku, izazvao je žestok revolt hrvatske javnosti. Hrvatsko pravosuđe u posljednjih pola godine susreće se s problemom bijega osuđenih pred tamošnjim sudovima u BiH. Od izručenja ih štiti Ustav BiH, koji …

SKOPJE, Macedonia NATO will keep its doors open to countries in the Western Balkans, outgoing Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer pledged on Friday (May 8th) during a visit to Skopje.