EU interior ministers are expected to lift visa requirements for Albanian and Bosnian citizens during their two-day meeting here, Monday and Tuesday. According to EU sources, the decision will be applied before Christmas. Holders of biometric passports from the two Balkan countries can stay up to three months in any …

Former Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Gojko Klickovic was acquitted on Friday (November 5th) of charges of crimes against humanity committed in 1992 in Bosanska Krupa. Two fellow former Bosnian Serb officials — Mladen Drljaca and Jovan Ostojic — were also declared not guilty due to lack of evidence. The three …

Montenegro: Attorneys for nine people charged with deporting Bosniak civilians from Montenegro in 1992 asked on Friday (November 5th) to call Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic and Deputy Prime Minister Svetozar Marovic as witnesses. At the time, Marovic was a

Croatia closed three more negotiation chapters in the EU accession process on Friday (November 5th), for a total of 25 out of 35. At an intergovernmental conference in Brussels, Zagreb closed the free movement of capital, transport policy and institutions chapters. The institutions chapter regulates Croatia’s representation in EU institutions. …

The head of the European Commission (EC) delegation to Serbia, Vincent Degert, said on Saturday (November 6th) that authorities should use the upcoming EC progress report on Serbia as a roadmap. He says the report, scheduled for release Tuesday, will hail the country’s progress in several fields but will also …

Albanian PM Sali Berisha says that the EU should not fear increased inflow of Albanians if it lifts visa regime for Albanian citizens next week. Berisha stressed that, although his country was still poor, the EU could open its borders for

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Priština that he “does not believe there will be changes of borders in the Balkans” or a partition of Kosovo. Erdogan, whose country recognized the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration of independence, said such a

Romania will not change its stance regarding recognizing Kosovo “because it is a matter of principle”, Romanian FM Teodor Baconschi said in Bucharest. A unilateral act cannot turn an area into

An almost unanimous assessment of Serbian President Boris Tadić’s first visit to Vukovar is that it is a new page in history of Belgrade and Zagreb. However, what comes next is solving of specific

Georgia said on Friday it has dismantled a major Russian spy ring and arrested 13 suspects, including four Russian citizens, who allegedly fed sensitive military information to Moscow. Interior ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said the suspects, who included Georgian military officers, had been providing secret information on Georgia’s military to …