Eurasia

As nine war crimes suspects face a preliminary hearing in Pristina on Monday, there are indications that another suspect in the case, MP Fatmir Limaj, will soon face an official

Mayor of Yerevan Karen Karapetyan and Mayor of Tbilisi Gigi Ugulava attended the opening ceremony of an Armenian cultural center in the Georgian capital. The two stressed the importance of maintenance of cultural ties and cooperation between the neighbor countries. His Holiness Karekin II Surpreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All …

Serbian President and leader of the Ruling Democrats Boris Tadić stated on Sunday that the start of EU accession talks in 2012 would be a historic event. According to him address to the party’s main board on Sunday in Belgrade, this would also be the country’s greatest achievement.

A NATO conference in Belgrade this week will bring together scores of defence officials from across the globe, but it will not change Serbia’s neutral stance towards the alliance, the government says. 

A major conference on the Western Balkans has gotten underway in Sarajevo, focusing on efforts to move the region forward. The conference “The Western Balkans: Progress, Stagnation or Regression” opened on Sunday, organised by the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins University and the Bosnian-American

Retired Bosnian Army general Jovan Divjak, who was arrested in Vienna in March on a Serbian warrant, has asked Austria to allow him to return to Bosnia as soon as possible. Divjak, who was released on bail shortly after his arrest, is awaiting extradition hearings in Austria. Serbia has requested …

The EU said on Thursday that Serbia and Macedonia “have made some progress” in cutting down on asylum seekers, calming fears that bloc would propose a temporary suspension of the visa-free regime. 

The EU Council of Ministers did not discuss any temporary suspension of visa-free regime for the Western Balkans countries. The ministers have concluded that the Western Balkan countries “have made certain progress” even though “many asylum

The EU has decided to appoint a special prosecutor and a team to investigate the Kosovo human organ trafficking allegations. A team of 7 people, headed by a special prosecutor is expected to carry out the investigation. In March, EULEX said that a special team of prosecutors and investigators would …

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Belgrade this afternoon and started her visit to Serbia. Clinton arrived here from Bosnia, for meetings with top Serbian state officials, and first met with Serbian President Boris Tadić.