Eurasia

Serbian President Boris Tadić has supported an initiative to form a regional commission tasked with determining facts about victims of wars in the Balkans. He met in Belgrade on Wednesday with representatives of the REKOM coalition, and said he was supported solving all crimes in order to achieve justice for …

The US delegation has kicked off its visit to Montenegro. US Congressmen William Delahunt, Den Barton, Mike Tarner and Steven Coren will meet representatives of Montenegro’s political parties, Montenegro’s parliament announced.

The new commander of KFOR is German General Erhard Buehler, and he will take over from his predecessor General Markus Bentler today. Commander Allied Joint

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković has said that there is no solution to the Kosovo issue without Serbia. “As far as Kosovo and Metohija is concerned, no solution can

Bulgaria’s Minister on Regional Development and Macedonia’s Minister of Local Self-Government will sign a memorandum on understanding in the execution of a cross-border cooperation program between the two countries.

Turkish president Abdullah Gul is set to begin a two-day visit to Bosnia amid growing resentment among Bosnian Serbs over his country’s increased diplomatic influence in the Western Balkans. He is scheduled to meet with members of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency and visit the southern town of Mostar on Thursday.

The commander of the police station in northern Mitrovica, Milija Milosevic, was discharged from his post Monday (August 30th) following a decision by Police Director General Behar Selimi. Milosevic was rumoured to

Albanian political leaders have called on China to recognise Kosovo’s independence as they continue to lobby on behalf of the state. During a meeting with senior Chinese Communist Party officials in Tirana on Monday, Albania’s President Bamir Topi and Prime Minister

The economic crisis and the reforms, which have to be implemented on the road towards EU are among the chief reasons for the weakened support for Western Balkans EU integration, the Secretary of State for European Affairs Pedro Lourtie said.

A 15-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC), will be in Moldova from 3 to 6 September to observe the referendum on the choice of the presidential election procedure. It is the only European parliamentary organisation which will be …