Serbian Foreign Ministry’s Foreign Policy Council President Sonja Liht said Thursday she believed Serbia would get the EU candidate status. She said that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s statements during her recent visit to Belgrade constituted a list of wishes, some of which could be fulfilled, while others
Read More »Macedonian FM to visit Bulgaria for improving relations
New Macedonian Foreign Affairs Minister Nikola Poposki is expected in Sofia September 1 on a visit that it is hoped will warm up tense relation between the two neighbors. The first international visits of Minister Poposki will be in the Balkan countries of Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro.
Read More »90-100 PKK members have been killed during Turkish army raids
The Turkish military says 100 PKK members have been killed, while more than 80 others have been wounded during air and artillery strikes in northern Iraq. Up to 100 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, have been killed in raids conducted by the Turkish military in northern …
Read More »Serbia will not give up on Kosovo institutions
Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović said on Wednesday that Serbia will continue to perform its functions in the north of Kosovo and Metohija. The country “will not give up on its institutions in that territory”, the minister was quoted as saying.
Read More »Hadzic pleads not guilty
Former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges including the massacre of civilians taken from Vukovar hospital in one of the darkest episodes of the country’s 1992-95 war.
Read More »Hadžić to enter plea at Hague Tribunal
Former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadžić will on Wednesday enter a plea to 14 counts of the indictment for crimes against non-Serbs in Slavonia in 1991-1992. During his fist appearance before the Hague Tribunal on July 25 Hadžić postponed entering a plea for a month.
Read More »Greek Media outraged by Merkel for calling ‘Macedonia’ instead of FYROM
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has enraged Greek media by calling “Macedonia” the country they state should be only referred to as “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”. “It is very important for Serbia to collaborate with Kosovo, for Bosnia to elect a government and for Macedonia to solve the name dispute …
Read More »EULEX spokesman: Kosovo organ case investigation to start soon
Nicholas Hawton, an EULEX spokesman stated on Tuesday that recruitment of members of a special team in charge of probing human organ trade allegations “was being finalized” and it should start operating soon.
Read More »Angela Merkel presents 3 preconditions for both Serbia and Kosovo EU integration
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during her visit to Serbia Tuesday there were three preconditions for Serbia’s European integration. She stressed that getting the candidate status depended on three points: implementing reforms in the country, meeting the
Read More »Germany and Serbia do not agree on Kosovo
Serbian officials and experts are still analyzing statements made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her visit to Belgrade. Serbia’s Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić is satisfied with the fact that Merkel has supported Serbia’s European integration.
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