Future talks between Belgrade and Pristina do not mean that Serbia will recognise Kosovo, Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said on Wednesday (September 15th). “For Serbia, the red line is that the talks do not, in any
Read More »Kosovo Serbs seek resignations of Tadic, Bogdanovic
The Assembly of the Community of Kosovo Municipalities is calling on Serbian President Boris Tadic and Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic to resign, public broadcaster RTK reported on Wednesday (September 15th).
Read More »EU appointed new head of the European Commission (EC) Delegation in Albania
Italian diplomat Ettore Sequi has been appointed as head of the European Commission (EC) Delegation in Albania, succeeding Helmut Lohan, whose four-year mandate expires this month. The office of EU foreign policy chief
Read More »Kosovo’s Prime Minister Thaci: Pristina-Belgrade talks will be transparent
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashin Thaci said the forthcoming talks between Belgrade and Pristina will be transparent and that Kosovo’s parliament has the last say over ratification of eventual deal.
Read More »Serbian Ministry for Kosovo: Serbia wants mediator in talks
Serbian Ministry for Kosovo State Secretary Oliver Ivanović has stated that Belgrade and Priština cannot negotiate without a mediator.
Read More »Georgia hosts CE Parliamentary Assembly Committee meeting
Georgia’s parliament today opened a meeting of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. Russian representatives are not attending the meeting after Tbilisi refused to grant them entry visas. The reason
Read More »IMF says Greece on track with reforms
In a report Tuesday (September 14th), the IMF concluded that Greece is on track to cut its budget deficit according to plan this year, but should do more to improve tax collection and to control spending. According to the
Read More »Austria to ratify SAA with Serbia by year end
Austria’s Parliament will ratify the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia by the end of the year, Barbara Prammer, speaker of the lower house, told visiting Serbian counterpart Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic
Read More »Albanian Interior Minister discusses progress with EC officials
European Commission (EC) representatives praised Albania on Tuesday (September 14th) for meeting three additional criteria of the EU visa liberalisation process that were established in May. Albania’s Interior Minister
Read More »Macedonian PM to visit Brussels
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, accompanied by Deputy PM for European Affairs Vasko Naumovski and Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki are set to travel to Brussels this afternoon, where tomorrow they will meet with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule.
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