Croatia’s negotiations for EU accession are very unlikely to be completed by mid 2011, and will probably drag on into the fall. Contrary to the hopes of the Hungarian EU Presidency that it will be able to complete Croatia’s EU accession talks by June
Read More »Kosovo assembly will probably choose a new president next week
Kosovo Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi said Sunday that the Kosovo assembly will probably choose a new president next week. “The opposition needs to be
Read More »Armenian president visits Serbia
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will embark on a two-day official visit to Serbia on Monday, during which he will confer with Serbian top officials. Sargsyan will confer with Serbian President Boris Tadić, and parliament speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović.
Read More »Serbia and Montenegro unlikely to reach an agreement on dual citizenship soon
Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says that Serbia and Montenegro are unlikely to reach an agreement on dual citizenship soon, as talks on the issue have been suspended for a year. Dacic said that this was primarily due to the restrictiveness of Montenegro’s law, and underlined that Belgrade and Podgorica …
Read More »EC President Jose Manuel Barroso to visit Balkans next week
European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso will kick off a Balkan tour next week. He will start by visiting Croatia on April 7th, then he will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia.
Read More »Montenegro agrees to extradite war crimes suspect to Serbia
The justice ministry has approved Milojko Nikolic’s extradition to Serbia, media reported on Friday (April 1st). A former member of a Serb paramilitary group and a member of “The Jackals” paramilitary unit suspected of
Read More »Macedonia, Kosovo to set up joint border patrols
Macedonia’s Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska and her visiting Kosovo counterpart Bajram Rexhepi signed an agreement on Friday (April 1st) establishing joint patrols at the Macedonia-Kosovo border. The deal will enable better border management and contribute to increasing of the overall security, the two officials estimated. They also discussed the possibilities …
Read More »Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia agree for economic cooperation
Serbia’s President Boris Tadic and Prime Ministers of Croatia and Slovenia, Jadranka Kosor and Borut Pahor, reaffirmed on Friday (April 1st) their will to boost economic co-operation and participate together on
Read More »Next round of Kosovo talks in mid-April
The Belgrade-Priština dialogue has no alternative and its goal is to close some of the open topics, Head of Belgrade’s negotiating team Borko Stefanovic says. He announced at the panel discussion organized by the New Policy Center on Friday that the third round of the talks, which were first launched …
Read More »UN court rejects Georgia case against Russia
International Court of Justice says it cannot rule on dispute over alleged atrocities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The International Court of Justice has said it cannot hear a complaint by Georgia that Russia committed human rights abuses in two breakaway provinces, saying it had no jurisdiction over the case.
Read More »