Croatia will most likely join the EU in late 2013 or in early 2014, according to the European Parliament (EP) rapporteur for the country, Hannes Swoboda. He told the EP foreign affairs committee
Read More »Bosnia: The main Croat party HDZ submits its platform to the other parties
The main Croat party HDZ BiH submitted its platform Tuesday (January 25th) for the formation of a new majority in BiH’s state-level parliament and a new Council of Ministers. The document is based
Read More »Turkish President has addressed PACE
Turkish President Abdullah Gul told participants in the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Tuesday (January 25th) that Turkey will never accept allegations it committed genocide. “If we live with the past, nobody in Europe will be able
Read More »Macedonian and Greek Foreign Ministers to meet on Friday in Montenegro
Meeting of ministers of foreign affairs of Macedonia and Greece Antonio Milososki and Dimitris Drutsas will be held on Friday. The meeting will be held within the ministerial forum in the town of Budva, Montenegro. It is organized ahead of the next round of talks on the name issue in …
Read More »Armenia has a new ambassador to Bulgaria
Arsen Shoyan has been named the new Ambassador of Armenia to Bulgaria. He has been serving so far as head of the Expert-Analytical Department at the President’s Administration. Armenian former Ambassador to Bulgaria Sergey Manaseryan has been appointed deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia.
Read More »EEAS chief to visit Albania
Head of the European External Action Service (EEAS) for Russia, Eastern Neighborhood and the Western Balkans Miroslav Lajčak will visit Albania today. He is coming to Albania in order to find a solution for the country’s political crisis.
Read More »Belgrade and Priština support human organ trade investigation
After the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted Dick Marty’s report on Tuesday both Belgrade and Priština eagerly expect the investigation. Marty also expects the investigation into human organ trade in Kosovo and Albania to begin. Belgrade, however, does not believe that EULEX could deal with it and …
Read More »EC calls on Albanian leaders to resume political dialogue
The European Commission (EC) is calling for calm in Albania and urging leaders to resume dialogue aimed at ending the long-standing political stalemate. The EU’s executive also recommended a detailed investigation be conducted into the violent
Read More »Mevlut Cavusoglu was re-elected as PACE president
Turkish lawmaker Mevlut Cavusoglu was re-elected on Monday (January 24th) as president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Thus, Cavusoglu, a member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, will head the organisation for another year.
Read More »Serbia sends suspected war crimes list to Croatia
Croatian Justice Minister Drazen Bosnjakovic confirmed on Monday (January 24th) that his ministry has received a list from Serbia containing the names of 33 veterans suspected of war crimes: Croatian citizens who were charged or were investigated by former Yugoslavia
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