Eurasia

Serbian President says he doesn’t expect to be ‘President in Pristina’ – but authorities in Pristina should not expect to regain control of the Serb-run north of Kosovo either.Serbia’s new President, Tomislav Nikolic, on Tuesday conceded that Serbia was unlikely to rule the mainly Albanian ex-province of Kosovo, which declared …

Higher Prosecutor’s Office indicts 12 people for setting the US embassy in Belgrade on fire during Belgrade riots of 2008.Vlado Djordjevic, head of the state public prosecutor’s office, said the Higher Prosecutor’s Office has issued an indictment against 12 people for setting the US embassy in Belgrade on fire in …

Macedonia should complete its long-awaited rail link to the Bulgarian border by 2022, after beginning work in 2013, the Transport Minister said.Minister Mile Janakieski said the country plans to start building the first section of the railway towards the eastern border by March 2013. He said that talks with the …

Athens has yet to respond to Macedonia’s request for intensified bilateral cooperation and a declaration of friendship.Athens has yet to issue any official response after Macedonia at the weekend proposed a set of bilateral agreements with Greece to be crowned by a declaration of friendship and cooperation. But, off the …

After private meeting with Church leader, President says he remains open to dialogue with leaders of breakaway Kosovo.Tomislav Nikolic, Serbia’s new President, met with Patriarch Irinej, the Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, on Monday to discuss the Kosovo issue. Addressing reporters after the meeting, Nikolic said he remained open …

Families of the Srebrenica genocide victims say they plan to sue those responsible within the Hague Prosecution for destruction of around a thousand artifacts found in mass graves.The artifacts were destroyed in 2005, on the tenth anniversary of the execution of over 7,000 people from Srebrenica by Bosnian Serb forces. …

While some have strongly condemned a handshake between Kosovo prime minister and former Serbian president, others dubbed it a belated move.Not for a long time has a handshake attracted so much attention in the Balkans as the one between Hashim Thaci, Kosovo Prime Minister, and Boris Tadic, former Serbian president …

Ruling parties push through motion suspending Traian Basescu from his position while setting date for referendum on removing him from his post.Romania’s parliament late on Friday voted to suspend Traian Basescu as the country’s President for 30 days and announced the date of a referendum as next stage of a …

Serbian and Bulgarian museums holding archeological treasures found on Macedonian soil have turned down a Macedonian request for them to hand over copies.Archeologist Pasko Kuzman, head of the Macedonian Cultural Heritage Bureau, says that national museums in Belgrade and in Sofia had “turned us down politely”. Macedonia hoped to be …

Kosovo institutions have achieved a good deal since 2008, but progress is still needed in the field of the rule of law, the 2012 EULEX report says.The latest report takes stock of the work done by European Union mission in Kosovo, EULEX and its Kosovo counterparts since the launch of …