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Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjoern Jagland will prepare a new report on the Russian-Georgian war. This decision was made at the 1080th Strasbourg meeting of the CE deputy ministers Committee.

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will meet with his Hungarian, Greek and Croatian counterparts in Budapest on Monday. The main topic of the talks will be the regional stabilization process and the EU integration of the Western Balkans, the minister announced. “A meeting between Hungary, Greece, Croatia and Serbia will …

Ministry for Kosovo State Secretary Oliver Ivanović said that it is important for the EU to remain status-neutral in Kosovo. He said that Serbs in northern Kosovska Mitrovica have nothing to worry about regarding the opening of the new so-called “European House” EU office in the city. Ivanović said that …

Croatia has sent a request for the extradition of Nikola Munjes from Monetenegro after his arrest in the country last week. Munjes, 42, was arrested on March 24 in Bar and has been held in an extradition detention unit since his arrest. Police acted on an arrest warrant issued by …

Senior EU and US officials will travel to Sarajevo in April to meet with Bosnian leaders in an apparent attempt to ease political tensions that have been mounting in the ethnically fragmented Balkan country as it prepares to hold general elections in October.

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić denied reports linking the ICJ ruling in the Kosovo case with the arrest of Ratko Mladić. The delay in announcing the advisory opinion on the legality of the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the arrest of the wartime …

I hope that Macedonian and Greek governments will use the remaining time of Spain’s mandate as the holder of the EU’s rotating presidency to solve name issue and finally get a green light by EU member states for start of accession talks with EU, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said.

Albanian Foreign Minister Ilir Meta said that Albania will continue to cooperate with Serbia for the sake of the Albanians in the Preševo Valley. He said that Tirana will cooperate with Belgrade to improve on the rights and integration of Albanians in southern Serbia. Meta said that policies of good …

Serbian President Boris Tadić said that even though 22 countries of the EU have recognized Kosovo, recognition is not a condition for Serbia’s integration. “Any other situation would be a very big problem and the integration process would be blocked,” Tadić said at a joint press conference held

Macedonia is fully committed to reaching a mutually acceptable solution to Greece-imposed name issue, which impedes Macedonia’s NATO membership, Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said.