Croatia

EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton and Slovenian PM Borut Pahor have agreed that an international conference on the Western Balkans, which will likely be held in late March in Slovenia, would be a significant event for the region.

A status conference will be held today in the trial of Radovan Karadžić. Representatives of six countries are expected to give their statements. The chamber of the Hague Tribunal conducting the trial against the former political leader of Bosnia’s Serbs has given Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, France, Holland and Iran a …

Crotian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor on Friday (February 12th) said that a successful fight against organised crime requires close and lasting co-operation between police across the region. Opening the fourth meeting of interior ministers from the six former Yugoslav republics in Zagreb, Kosor said that without joint efforts against organised …

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule will visit Macedonia on February 19th, Macedonia’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. Commissioner Fule will meet with Macedonia’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU integration Vasko Naumovski, and Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki. The newly-appointed EU enlargement chief took up his …

Croatia is ready to step up efforts to cooperate with the ICTY in order to be able to conclude EU accesson negotiations by the end of this year. Jadranka Kosor, the Croatian prime minister, said that efforts would be made to achieve better cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for …

The Hague Prosecution has filed a new indictment against Vojislav Seselj for contempt of the Tribunal. For a second time, Seselj has been indicted for disclosing names of protected witnesses in one of his books. According the latest indictment, Seselj disclosed the names, occupations and residences of 11 witnesses. The …

European Parliament will hold a plenary session on February 10th to debate the progress of Macedonia, Croatia and Turkey towards the European Union membership. European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee recently adopted the amendments to draft-resolution on Macedonia, urging the EU

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said in Berlin that relations between Serbia and Croatia must turn towards the future. She said about the cooling of relations between the neighboring countries after the Croatian president’s statement of the possibility of a military intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina – that politicians need to think …

Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos says the integration of the Western Balkans into the EU is one of the Spanish presidency’s priorities. Moratinos said that Spain expects that the EU member-states will be able to unfreeze the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia by June. The agreement was signed …

Croatia’s President-elect Ivo Josipovic and Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor held their first official meeting Monday (February 1st), following Josipovic’s victory in the January 10th run-off election. They discussed the EU integration process, the economic crisis and ways to fight corruption while agreeing to meet the day after Josipovic’s February 18th …