The Greek parliament has ratified Serbia’s Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, the Greek Embassy in Belgrade announced on Monday (January 31st). Greece is the 12th EU country to ratify the agreement. Germany is expected to ratify it in February and France by the end of April.
Read More »Serbian war crimes suspect arrested in France
A former member of the Serbian paramilitary unit the Scorpions has been arrested near Grenoble on Monday (January 31st). Milorad Momic, 47, is suspected of killing Bosniaks in Srebrenica in 1995. Police say he has
Read More »EC urges Macedonian politicians to dialogue
Natasha Butler, spokesperson for EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele, urged Macedonian politicians Monday (January 31st) to resume dialogue to guarantee the normal functioning of parliament. She voiced the
Read More »Kosovo municipal courts start processing elections cases
Kosovo municipal courts have started to process cases dealing with alleged manipulations that occurred during the December snap general elections. The court in Gjakova has
Read More »UNMIK ready to support Kosovo organ trafficking
UNMIK is ready to fully support a probe into the Kosovo organ trafficking, the latest report of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says. It also expresses the expectation that progress will soon be made towards opening the Belgrade-Priština dialogue which has not yet begun due to the toppling of the …
Read More »NATO praises Georgia’s participation in Alliance operations
Georgian Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Rusudan Kervalishvili met with the NATO International Military Staff Lieutenant-General Jürgen Bornemann. The two sides stressed the importance of Georgia’s participation in the NATO peacekeeping mission, Kervalishvili said after the meeting.
Read More »War crimes suspect Sasa Baricanin arrested in Bosnia
Bosnian police arrested Sasa Baricanin on Tuesday on suspicion of war crimes committed against the non-Serb population in Sarajevo during the country’s 1992-95 war. Baricanin was arrested in Pale, some 25 kilometers southeast of Sarajevo, on an order from the State Prosecutor’s Office.
Read More »Albanian opposition leader calls for new protests
Albanian opposition leader Edi Rama on Tuesday called for fresh anti-government protests in the capital Tirana on Friday for the third week in succession. Rama said the marches in the Tirana and at least four other cities were to demonstrate “peaceful resistance” to the government. Rama on Tuesday reiterated a …
Read More »Romanian FM optimistic about Schengen entry
Romania and Bulgaria should enter the Schengen Agreeement together, Romania’s Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi has stated. “Romania can not enter Schengen without Bulgaria, since the two states are parts of one and the same
Read More »Serbian PM says his country will become a candidate for EU membership by the end of this year
Serbian PM Mirko Cvetković thinks that his country will become a candidate for EU membership by the end of this year. He said on Monday during his visit in Brussels that it was necessary
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