Eurasia Press & News
The UN war crimes tribunal announced on Tuesday (May 10th) that the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will continue on May 30th instead of May 23rd, as planned earlier. The proceedings were suspended on March 21st. Karadzic is charged with genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity …
Read More »EC Director for the Western Balkans stresses the importance of Pristina-Belgrade dialogue
European Commission (EC) Director for the Western Balkans Pierre Mirel visited Mitrovica on Tuesday (May 10th), stressing the importance of Kosovo-Serbia discussions, which he says will help resolve concrete issues. He also said that both the EU integration process and the visa liberalisation process should be perceived as more than …
Read More »UN Expected to Debate Kosovo
The UN Security Council will review the UN Secretary-General’s quarterly report on Kosovo on Thursday in New York, and is expected to discuss a probe into organ trafficking allegations.
Read More »The Netherlands is against Romania’s Schengen entry, until it sees “irreversible” progress with justice reforms
The Netherlands will not approve Romania’s integration into the Schengen zone until it sees “irreversible” progress with justice reforms, the Dutch minister of European Affairs said Wednesday.
Read More »Serge Brammertz to end his two-day visit to Serbia today
Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will end his two-day visit to Belgrade today with meetings with President Boris Tadić and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić. After he meets with Tadić and Dačić, Brammertz could share his impressions about Serbia’s efforts to find Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić. On the first day …
Read More »Serbian FM says Kosovo organ investigation must be done by UN
Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić said in Istanbul on Tuesday that the allegations about human organ trafficking in Kosovo must be checked in an independent investigation. A probe into whether ethnic Albanian KLA
Read More »Serbian minister for Kosovo meets with OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities
Serbian Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović conferred on Tuesday in Belgrade with the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities Knut Vollebaek. They discussed “issues important for normal coexistence in Kosovo”, the ministry said in a release.
Read More »EU agrees on €46 million aid package for Georgia
The European Union on Tuesday announced a Euro46 million (USD 61 million) macro-financial assistance (MFA) package to support its economic recovery. The financial aid package was approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday after
Read More »Nothing found in Kosovo suspected mass grave site
EU forensics experts say they did not find any human remains after a search on Tuesday in Livoc Lake in the eastern town of Gjilani. “On this occasion no remains were located,” Alan Robinson, the co-head of the Department of Forensic Medicine within EULEX, told journalists on Tuesday.
Read More »Croatia could sign EU accession treaty by the end of this year
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk believes that Croatia will be able to wrap up talks with the EU and sign the accession treaty by the end of the year. On
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