Serbia

Serbian President Boris Tadic will attend Sunday’s (October 3rd) enthronement ceremony of Serbian Patriarch Irinej at the Patriarchy in Pec, the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Synod announced on Wednesday. The SPC warned against provocations or politicising the religious event. Bishop Irinej, of Nis, was elected as SPC head on January …

U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met in Washington on Wednesday. It was announced that they discussed “ways of assisting in the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo”. At a news conference after the meeting, which was used to discuss the Middle East peace process …

Greek FM Dimitris Droutsas told the UN General Assembly that a path for beginning of Serbia’s accession negotiations with the EU should be kept open and clear. He pointed out that acceptance of his country’s initiative to have all Balkans countries in the EU by 2014 would contribute to progress …

Croatian politician and former high ranking army officer Branimir Glavaš was arrested in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday. Glavaš holds both Croatian and Bosnian citizenships, and was found guilty and sentenced to eight years in prison in Zagreb for 1991 war crimes committed against Croatia’s ethnic Serb civilians.

Serbia may receive up to 200m euros annually in grants from the EU as part of the Danube Strategy, which will be adopted in the first half next year, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn announced at a

Serbia remains committed to the Dayton agreement, Serbian President Boris Tadić stated. He stressed that Serbia would continue to protect and respect the legitimate rights of Serbs and all nations who live in the

Montenegro and Serbia have reached an agreement on mutual extradition of citizens who have committed acts of organized crime and corruption. The deal also refers to money laundry and crimes against humanity and

Hague Tribunal President Patrick Robinson is in Belgrade to present a regional project aimed at training judiciaries to prosecute the accused for war crimes. Robinson said at the launch of the project, worth EUR 4mn, that the majority of war crimes will in future be processed by national judiciaries in …

Czech Defence Minister Alexandr Vondra stated in Priština on Monday that his country will withdraw 300 of its KFOR soldiers from Kosovo, thus leaving 90 troops.

Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu has tendered his resignation following a court ruling that he breached the Constitution when he preserved his post in the party, while being head of state at the same time. On Friday the Constitutional Court ruled that Sejdiu violated the Constitution, occupying both the posts of …