Eurasia

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission arrives in Belgrade today to start talks for the fifth review under Serbia’s stand-by arrangement with the IMF.

UNMIK spokesman Russell Geekie said on Monday (August 16th) the mission is willing to facilitate talks between Pristina and Belgrade. “UNMIK supports and encourages depoliticised talks on technical issues, but it depends on

The trial of Radovan Karadzic is set to resume on Tuesday (August 17th) after The Hague war crimes tribunal

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) Prime Minister Nikola Spiric said Monday (August 16th) that a new political process is beginning in Republika Srpska (RS) now that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled in favour of

Albanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilir Meta has called for the full implementation of the Ohrid Agreement on its ninth anniversary, in a letter sent to his Macedonian counterpart.

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik accused Turkey Monday of interfering in Bosnia’s internal political affairs and Ancara of acting in favor of Bosnian Muslims. “We resent the fact that Turkey wants a unified and centralized Bosnia, favoring only

Turkey — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated an Orthodox mass on Sunday (August 15th) to mark the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The mass, at the Panagia Sumela Monastery in northeast Turkey, was the

Top Kosovo Albanian officials have sent a joint letter to UN member countries and international organizations. In it, Hashim Thaci and Fatmir Sejdiu are calling for Serbia’s resolution on

A senior Romanian diplomat who was detained in Moscow while trying to obtain military secrets from a Russian national has been declared persona non grata and ordered to leave the country within 48 hours, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said Monday.

Visiting Gracanica on Sunday (August 15th), Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said that Belgrade is interested in talks on Kosovo even if that means changing UN Security