Eurasia

Croatia wants Serb refugees to return, the Croatian president Ivo Josipovic said on Friday.Speaking at a session of the Presidential Council for Social Justice, Josipovic said that Croatia has to solve all its refugee problems before it could “enter the EU as a country which offered equal chances to all …

The new Serbian government has launched a corruption probe into the dealings of Oliver Dulic, former Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning.The Serbian parliament will discuss on Monday the parliamentary Administrative Committee’s proposal to revoke the immunity of Oliver Dulic, the former Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning. If revoked, …

As Serbia prepares to implement a deal on border crossings with Kosovo, President Tomislav Nikolic suggests that PM Ivica Dacic should lead the negotiating team.President Tomislav Nikolic told the Serbian broadcaster B92 on Sunday night that he would propose that Prime Minister Ivica Dacic heads Belgrade’s team in negotiations with …

After a twelve hour discussion in the country’s parliament, Macedonian lawmakers on late Friday supported the government led by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.With 42 votes in favour, 68 against and none in abstention, lawmakers in the 123 seat parliament didn’t adopt the interpellation put forward by opposition Social Democrats.

For the twelve consecutive months, Macedonia’s industrial output has been in decline, largely due to the world financial crisis.Macedonia’s industrial output in August was down 8.1 per cent compared to August 2011, shows the latest data from the State Statistical Office.

At a session on Friday, the Macedonian government led by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski faces a no-confidence vote put forward by the opposition.The outcome of the vote is uncertain, as the junior ruling Albanian party, the Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, refused to say clearly before the session whether it …

Milorad Dodik, the President of Republika Srpska, said that the Bosnian Serb entity is the only self-sustaining part of Bosnia and Herzegovina and will eventually emerge as an independent country.Dodik believes that Republika Srpska is capable of becoming an independent country.

War crimes trials and improving the judiciary are among the important issues that Croatia must continue to work on, says a draft a forthcoming report by the European Commission, the Croatian media reported.The European Commission, EC, is due to adopt and publish an overall monitoring report on Croatia’s accession preparations, …

Serbia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a ban on the sale of alcohol after 10pm in Belgrade is unconstitutional.After a year and a half, Belgraders will again be able to buy alcohol after 10 pm after the court deemed the ban unconstitutional. The city authorities in the Serbian capital introduced …

The Speaker of Kosovo’s Assembly, Jakup Krasniqi, has asked the judiciary to hunt down the “privatization-don” whom he suspects is a politician, and called for the freeze of privatization processes.During Wednesday’s parliamentary session, Krasniqi questioned the privatization of the state owned companies, mentioning the case of the “Grand Hotel” for …