The start of a Macedonian parliamentary session to debate the recent reshuffling of the cabinet of centre-right Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and to appoint new ministers has so far been marked by a heated verbal exchange between the PM and the outgoing Finance Minister Trajko Slaveski, who was fired on …

Montenegro’s parliament yesterday adopted a declaration condemning the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and other atrocities committed during the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. The declaration accepts a European Parliament resolution on Srebrenica from January this year, condemning war crimes in Srebrenica and proclaiming July 11 a day of remembrance for the …

A Serbian delegation led by Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic has refused to participate in the Croatia Summit 2009, which opened last night in Dubrovnik, Croatian national television, HRT, reported. According to the HRT website, the reason for Jeremic’s refusal to take part in the summit was a misunderstanding over the …