The UN-sponsored Athens-Skopje “name” talks will likely resume later this month in Brussels or Geneva, local media in both countries, say citing unnamed diplomats. During the week of June 20, UN mediator Matthew Nimetz will meet with negotiators Adamantios Vassilakis from Greece and Zoran Jolevski from Macedonia to resume the …

The Bosnian Serb leadership and western diplomats are on a direct collision course as neither side appears ready to back down only a day before the expiration of an ultimatum issued by High Representative to Bosnia Valentin Inzko. The Assembly of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska is expected …

The Kosovo President’s Office on Wednesday announced that Pristina and Skopje would soon establish full diplomatic relations, Macedonia’s MIA news reports. “We will soon appoint ambassadors and establish bilateral relations,” Xhavit Beqiri, spokesman for Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu, told local media. The spokesman stressed that the Kosovo president was interested …