Eurasia

Bulgaria has become the first country in the region and the third EU member state to ratify Serbia’s Stabilisation and Association Agreement, SAA, with the EU. Bringing together majority and opposition parties in the Bulgarian parliament, the agreement was officially ratified on Friday.

Greece has achieved “considerable progress” in recovering its public finances, the IMF said in a report on Saturday. However, there are still “clear risks” facing the country’s healthcare and social security system, according

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen named former Turkish presidential advisor Huseyin Dirioz as the organisation’s deputy secretary-general in charge of defence and planning on Friday (July 16th). The move came following a promise Rasmussen made when he took the post in 2009 to appoint a Turkish citizen as his deputy.

EULEX judges on Friday rejected a US request for the extradition of a Kosovo Albanian suspected of terrorism. A three-member panel denied the request to extradite Bajram Asllani, citing several grounds, including the

Serbian President Boris Tadic reiterated on Saturday that Serbia is ready for a compromise on Kosovo, but he stressed that Belgrade will never recognise its independence. “Nobody should force us to make that choice,” he

SARAJEVO Policijski komesar Srednjobosanskog kantona naredio je istragu o odgovornosti policije u Bugojnu za propuste koji su mogli dovesti do terorističkog napada na policijsku stanicu u ovom gradu. U okviru istrage biće provjereno i da li je Haris Čaušević, zvani Oks, jedan od osumnjičenih za ovaj napad izvršen 27. juna, …

SARAJEVO Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara BiH Nikola Špirić izjavio je u četvrtak da kapital iz islamskih banaka investiran u našu zemlju ne služi razvoju nego pomaže razvoju radikalnog islama, koji je povezan s terorizmom. Špirić smatra i da u BiH ne postoji politička volja za borbu protiv terorizma. “Problem terorizma nećemo …

The investigation into a recent bombing in the central Bosnian city of Bugojno turns up evidence that the perpetrators are linked to a radical Muslim network apparently seeking retaliation for the arrest of its leader, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch. A bomb exploded on 27 June at a …

Serbia will demand that northern part of Kosovo gets the same as the southern part – independence or substantial autonomy. The Hague-based International Court of Justice is set to render on July 22 its opinion about the legitimacy of Kosovo independence. Then, Serbia will continue the battle in the

The United State and Slovenia believe it’s time to work out a deal that would enable Macedonia to secure NATO membership invitation and launch of EU accession talks. Slovenian news agency STA says the pledges were expressed by Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, …