Balkans

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.

WASHINGTON, United States The IMF announced on Friday (May 8th) it has approved Kosovo’s application for membership, confirming reports by Kosovo officials earlier in the week. The IMF’s executive board has certified an earlier vote by the Board of Governors to offer membership to Kosovo, the IMF said in a …

ATHENS, Greece At least 14 people were injured Saturday (May 9th) in clashes between police, neo-Nazi protesters and immigrants in Athens, media reported. Violence erupted after a group of about 300 members of the neo-Nazi group Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) gathered in central Athens for an anti-immigrant protest.

PRISTINA, Kosovo Interior Minister Zenun Pajaziti urged Interpol Friday (May 8th) not to implement Serbia’s arrest warrants for Kosovo’s citizens. He was referring to Colombia’s move Wednesday to expel former Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku, who is wanted by Serbia for alleged war crimes.

BUCHAREST The preservation of military monuments and cemeteries in Bulgaria and Romania will be subject to a bilateral agreement between the two countries. Currently, the departments in charge harmonize the document, Bulgarian ambassador to Romania Valentin Radomirski said.

The European Union will unblock part of the frozen funds for Bulgaria at the beginning of next week, the German newspaper Die Welt reported on Sunday. The European Commission is expected to unfreeze the first tranche of EUR 115 M under ISPA programs for infrastructure projects, which aim to improve …

A powerful Croatian politician, who was sentenced by a Croatian court in the first instance to 10 years in prison for murdering Serbs during the 1992-95 wars, is hiding in Bosnia and Herzegovina, media in the region reported on Monday. After four years of complicated investigations and trials, a Zagreb …