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Turkey’s efforts to normalise relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia continue as Istanbul is set to host on Saturday the first trilateral presidential-level meeting of the three countries. The three are expected to discuss the strengthening of peace and stability in the Balkans.

Presenting his 30-page defence of charges of organising the murder of Ivo Pukanic, publisher of the Croatian weekly Nacional, suspected crime boss Sreten Jocic, aka Joca Amsterdam, said he had “no motive” to commit the crime. Speaking at the beginning of the trial before the Special Court in Belgrade on …

Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said that Spain is ready to continue to offer help to Serbia on its path to European integration. “Spain will invest all possible efforts to speed up Serbia’s European Union association,” Moratinos said after meeting with his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremić on Wednesday in …

The Office of the High Representative (OHR) said the final RS government conclusions represent another outrageous attempt to deny the Srebrenica genocide. OHR said that the government in Banja Luka deliberately distorted determined historical and legal facts by presenting wrong and false information with the intention

The foreign ministers of Serbia, Spain and Turkey, – Vuk Jeremic, Miguel Angel Moratinos and Ahmet Davutoglu, respectively – have expressed their readiness to find suitable solutions to outstanding issues so that the forthcoming EU-Western Balkans summit in Sarajevo is a success.

Bulgaria’s Parliament will offer unconditional support to neighboring Serbia in becoming a Member State of the European Union. The declaration was made by the Speaker of the Bulgarian Parliament, Tsetska Tsacheva, during a meeting with Slavica Dukic Dejanovic, the current President of the National Assembly of Serbia (Skupshtina).

UNMIK chief Lamberto Zannier says relations between the UN mission and Pristina have improved, though differences remain on some issues, including “the strategy in the north”, Zannier said on Sunday (April 18th). Government spokesperson

Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović will arrive in Sofia today on a one-day visit to Bulgaria. There, she is due to met with the country’s top-ranking officials. Đukić-Dejanović is scheduled to meet with Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, as well as with Bulgaria’s Parliament Speaker Tsetska …

Bosnian Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj has characterized bilateral relations between Sarajevo and Belgrade as oscillating considerably, but generally facing a state of stagnation. Alkalaj said that concrete progress in improving relations between the two countries depended on the state of political cooperation.

A meeting of the EU Committee for the Western Balkans heard that the EU is content with Serbia’s efforts towards regional cooperation. Reports from Brussels this Friday said that it was stated at the meeting that there could be discussion of Serbia’s candidacy for EU membership in June.