Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov visited Istanbul Saturday at the invitation of Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The two officials discussed about political and economic relations between the two countries.
Read More »German Ambassador in Pristina says that Serbia will be asked to recognize Kosovo during its EU accession
German Ambassador in Priština Hans-Dieter Steinbach has said his country “supports Kosovo’s and Serbia’s accession into the EU as two separate countries”. He added that Serbia will be asked to recognize Kosovo during its EU integration.
Read More »Turkish Cypriot leader unhappy about the speed of negotiations
Turkish Cypriot leader Derviş Eroğlu has accused his Greek Cypriot partners of foot-dragging in peace talks on the divided island but said progress can still be achieved by an October deadline set by the United Nations.
Read More »EULEX is not conducting an investigation in Kosovo organ traffiking accusations
EULEX is not conducting an investigation against Hashim Thaci or anybody else regarding Dick Marty’s report on human organ trafficking in Kosovo and Albania. “However, nobody, not even the prime minister, will be immune to the investigation if there is evidence,” EULEX Deputy Head Andy Sparks said Friday.
Read More »Presure on Limaj for War Crimes accusations
A Senior EULEX official urges ex-minister Fatmir Limaj to drop his immunity and face trial, while the US ambassador says Kosovo risks confronting ‘the world’ if it does not
Read More »Italian PM postponed his visit to Serbia
Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has postponed his visit to Belgrade on Friday. Berlusconi was hoping to the last moment that he would be able to visit Belgrade on Friday but that the delay had to take place due to a change in the budget-voting schedule. The Italian Prime Minister had …
Read More »Kosovo Parliament rejects proposal to stop negotiations with Serbia
Kosovo Parliament rejected the proposal by the opposition for termination of the talks with Serbia and for repeal of the already reached agreements. 46 lawmakers have voted against the proposal, 37 voted in favor. The initiative was moved by three opposition parties.
Read More »Turkish FM meets NATO Secretary-General
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on Thursday met with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Istanbul. During the meeting, the two held talks about the road map that Turkey had proposed in the hopes of finding a settlement to the Libyan crisis. Davutoğlu also briefed the NATO chief about his …
Read More »Šešelj requests for termination of trial against him
Vojislav Šešelj has filed a request for termination of proceedings against him at the Hague Tribunal. Šešelj said he based the request on to flagrant violation of his right to a trial within a reasonable period of time.
Read More »New US Ambassador to Macedonia to support the country on its Euro-Atlantic integration
Paul Wohlers told the US Senate on Thursday that he would did his best to help the country proceed on the path to full Euro-Atlantic integration. The new ambassador is expected to come in Skopje
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