Croatia

UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz kicks off a visit to Croatia on Tuesday (May 25th), where he will discuss the country’s co-operation with the court. He will meet with President Ivo Josipovic. On Thursday and Friday, Brammertz participates in a regional conference of prosecutors in Brijuni. Next …

Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar said on Monday (May 24th) that any possible rejection of the arbitration agreement with Croatia during a June 6th public referendum in Slovenia will not affect Zagreb’s EU membership bid. In an interview with daily Delo, Zbogar pointed out that Croatia continued accession negotiations even …

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor met the US ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, Stephen Rapp, and informed him about Croatia’s cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal. Kosor and Rapp met in Zagreb on Sunday, and the Croatian premier informed the American ambassador that full cooperation with the Hague war …

Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar will meet today with his Croatian counterpart Goran Jandrokovic, some two weeks before Slovenians head to the polls to vote on a referendum on an arbitration agreement to settle a border dispute between the two countries.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele reiterated on Wednesday (May 19th) that Hague war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz’s report on co-operation shown by Serbia and Croatia will be crucial to their respective EU integration bids. Speaking at the European Parliament, he said that the European Commission is ready to …

The parliamentary committee on the constitution has agreed on almost all proposed amendments, the sole exception being the controversial issue of the expatriate vote, committee chairman Vladimir Seks said on Tuesday (May 18th). That one amendment has been the subject of lengthy negotiations between the ruling Croatian Democratic Union and …

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is set to meet Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa de la Vega and prime ministers of Turkey Redzep Taip Erdogan and Croatia Jadranka Kosor, the government sources told Makfax news agency. The meeting is in the frameworks of the EU-Latin countries summit, where Macedonia …

Croatia and Montenegro will open a new border checkpoint on July 1. The Debeli Breg border checkpoint will connect the municipalities of Herzeg Novi and Konavle. The project is realized at the initiative of local residents, backed by the prime ministers of the two countries.

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic said that Serbia is ready to withdraw its genocide suit against Croatia if an agreement is reached for the genocide charges filed by both countries against one another to be mutually and unconditionally dropped.

Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić stated in Zagreb on Friday that Serbia supports Croatia’s accession in the European union in 2012. It is seen as a signal of further enlargement of the union and an incentive to the region countries to persist on their path to the EU, he explained.