Balkan interior ministers have gathered at a two-day regional conference in Tirana to discuss cooperation in handling border security and responses to transnational crime. The meeting was attended by representatives of the all the countries in the region and several EU delegations, as well as Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha.

Serbia and Bulgaria will sign a deal on Friday to build a gas pipeline linking the two countries to help avert future gas supply problems and boost energy security in the region. Serbia’s Energy Minister Petar Skundric will travel to Brussels to sign a joint statement for pipeline with Bulgarian …

SARAJEVO Vijeće ministara BiH u protekle dvije godine u obnovu i razvoj Srebrenice uložilo je deset miliona KM, a rezultati tog ulaganja konačno su primjetni, izjavio je juče u Sarajevu Osman Suljić, načelnik općine Srebrenica. Suljić je odbio odgovoriti na novinarsko pitanje zašto su “nevidljiva” milionska ulaganja iz proteklih godina. …

„Fără interbelicul românesc, RM ar fi fost astăzi o Transnistrie mai extinsă…” (Valentin Mândâcanu) Ziarul TIMPUL a readus salutar în dezbaterea publică, direct sau indirect, două teme cruciale pentru modul de abordare a relaţiilor dintre cele două maluri ale Prutului. Pe de o parte, recuperarea şi revizuirea memoriei interbelice a …

SARAJEVO Radna grupa Vijeća ministara i parlamenta BiH do 29. marta ove godine treba pripremiti prijedloge amandmana na Ustav BiH kojima se ukidaju diskriminatorske ustavne odredbe o izboru članova Predsjedništva BiH i Doma naroda parlamenta BiH. Predviđeno je to akcionim planom za provedbu presude Evropskog suda za ljudska prava iz …

Turkish Parliament approved on Thursday a bill on a deal signed by Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey to launch Nabucco pipeline project which will link Europe to the Caspian Sea region.

France’s policy on support for Georgia remains unchanged and the sale of “Mistral” to Russia will not affect the Paris- Tbilisi relations, French Ambassador to Georgia Eric Fournier said. The diplomat said that during the last Paris meeting of the French and Russian

Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb voiced support for Albania’s visa liberalisation process with the EU during a meeting with Albanian counterpart Ilir Meta in Helsinki on Wednesday. Stubb said his country backs Tirana’s effort to progress towards European integration, but stressed that reforms should continue. Meta said the visit “marks the …

Serbian Minister for Kosovo and Metohija has said that in talks with Yves de Kermabon, the chief of the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo, Kermabon indicated that the EU does not support the strategy for the north of Kosovo put forward by the ICO and the Kosovo government.

Serbian President Boris Tadic is set to meet with Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor and her Slovenian counterpart, Borut Pahor in the town of Ptuj in Slovenia on Friday. According to the Slovenian press agency STA, the top officials are set to discuss a conference on the EU integration of …