Republika Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik cancelled a referendum aimed to contest the legitimacy of the state-level judiciary on last Friday. Dodik said the decision followed his meeting
Read More »Stefan Fuele says Serbia must do more for EU candidate status
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele urged the Serbian government to boost efforts to fulfil EC conditions for candidate status this year. A positive report by The Hague war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz and concrete progress in bilateral talks with Pristina are key conditions to be met, Fuele said …
Read More »Dragan Crnogorac sentenced to 13 years for Srebrenica war crimes
BiH’s war crimes court sentenced former Bosnian Serb police officer Dragan Crnogorac on Friday (May 13th) to 13 years in prison for war crimes. According to the court, Crnogorac was involved in the apprehension and
Read More »Croatia’s PM says EU accession talks to end by June
Croatia’s Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Friday (May 13th) that wrapping up EU accession talks by the end of June is a realistic target. According to her, Zagreb has met all criteria in the critical field of judicial
Read More »Athens hosts Day of Azerbaijan
To commemorate national leader Heydar Aliyev’s 88th anniversary, the Azerbaijani Embassy in Greece held the Day of Azerbaijan at the Athens campus of the University of Indianapolis – the largest university in Greece.
Read More »Head of the Belgrade negotiating team visits Priština
Head of the Belgrade negotiating team Borislav Stefanović is visiting Priština today where he will meet with Kosovo officials. This is the first time since Kosovo Albanians unilaterally declared independence that a Serbian official is visiting Priština.
Read More »EU analyzes lifting visa-free regime for Macedonia and Serbia
The European Commission (EC) has worked out a proposal for lifting the visa-free regime for Macedonia and Serbia. The idea has been launched by Belgium. Europe is discussing changes of the Schengen rules because of the inflow of immigrants from North Africa and the non-observation of the visa-free regime of …
Read More »Skopje sends protest note to Athens
Macedonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed a protest note to Greek Ambassador to Skopje Alexandra Papadopoulou because of the attitude towards Macedonian diplomats in Greece.
Read More »Turkmen President in Romania to discuss cooperation
The Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov and the Romanian President Traian Basescu will meet at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest on Thursday, the Turkmen government said.
Read More »EU willing to discuss judicial reforms in BiH, if RS gives up on referendum
The EU would be willing to discuss judicial reforms in BiH if Republika Srpska (RS) postpones or revokes its decision to hold a referendum, Charge d’Affaires of the European
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