Austrian Major General Robert Brieger will take over command of the European Union’s military force in Bosnia on December 6, the defence ministry said Friday.
Read More »Serbian President urges Kosovo Serbs to protest peacefully
Speaking in Bosnia, Serbian President says he supports right to protest, but only by peaceful methods. Serbs needed to take down their barricades in northern Kosovo, Serbia’s President, Boris Tadic, told
Read More »Balkan officials meet to strengthen cooperation against organised crime
Judicial experts from the region meeting in Belgrade pledged to strengthen cooperation in the fight against organised crime in Southeastern Europe. Regional judicial experts meeting in Serbia at a summit on organized crime in Southeastern
Read More »Skopje officials seek timeframe for settling the name dispute with Greece
In a bid to end the stalemate over Macedonia’s name, Macedonia is proposing a time-frame to Greece to settle the dispute that is blocking the country’s accession to the EU and NATO. Macedonia is proposing that at the December 9 EU Council
Read More »Serbian FM says UN must prevent unilateral actions in Kosovo
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić asked Tuesday the UN Security Council to ensure that unilateral actions are no longer allowed. The security situation in our southern province of Kosovo and Metohija has been greatly aggravated since the end of the previous reporting period,” Jeremić said.
Read More »France could block start of Montenegro’s EU accession talks
The European Commission on Tuesday for the first time implied that Montenegro probably would not get a date for the start of the accession talks on December 9. The European Council should make a decision on December 9.
Read More »Georgian President says that Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be solved for development of the region
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the pain of the Caucasus, said the Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, speaking at the Georgian-Armenian business forum. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan also participated in the forum.
Read More »Time is running for Bosnia to reform constitution
Time is running out for Bosnia to agree on changes to the constitution meeting objections from the European Court of Human Rights. A November 30 deadline is fast approaching for Bosnia and Herzegovina to implement a 2009 European Court of Human Rights decision on eligibility for high office.
Read More »Bulgaria-Turkey gas pipe could start within a year
Construction on the Bulgaria-Turkey gas interconnection could start as early as next year, Bulgarian Minister for Economy, Energy and Tourism Traicho Traikov has said. Minister Traikov was speaking after an energy conference in Sofia today.
Read More »Belgrade and Pristina resume talks
As tensions and sporadic clashes continue in Serb-run northern Kosovo, the Kosovo and Serbian governments are set to return to the negotiating table in Brussels on Wednesday. Teams from Belgrade and Pristina have travelled to Brussels for the eighth round of EU-mediated talks, where they are to discuss border management, …
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