Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos stated in Sarajevo that the Western Balkans and Bosnia-Herzegovina were high on EU’s priority list. After talking to Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj, the Spanish FM, whose country is presiding over the EU, repeated that the EU-Western

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said that he is concerned over Priština’s new policies towards northern Kosovo. He called on the Kosovo Albanian government to “carefully implement” its new strategy for that part of the territory, which has a majority ethnic Serb population. “I am concerned because of the possible …

Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas is due to arrive in Ankara on Thursday and meet with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The talks are expected to focus on open issues between the two countries as well as the marking of the sea border.

Swedish police have announced that they have arrested a Kosovo Serb over allegations of war crimes committed in the village of Cuska near Peja/Pec, Kosovo in May 1999. The suspect, who is reportedly in his thirties, was arrested in a joint operation by the Swedish National Criminal Investigation Department (Rikskriminalen) …

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s first meeting with US President Barack Obama will be held on Thursday night in Prague. The leaders of 11 East European countries, including Bulgaria Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, were invited over an official dinner with the US president.  The meeting will be held at the …

Representatives of civic organisations in Kosovo have sent a letter to US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg asking him to use his influence “to ensure that EULEX has enough capacities and political support to fulfil its mandate and yield the expected results for Kosovo citizens.” No significant progress in …

The EU on Tuesday urged Macedonian government to take swift action to settle the long-standing name dispute with neighboring Greece. Erwan Fouere, EU’s ambassador to Macedonia, asked Macedonian government to make a quick decision on whether it

SARAJEVO Pravobranilaštvo BiH u prošloj godini trebalo je da oduzme oko 2,1 milion KM imovine stečene krivičnim djelima, ali nisu uspjeli jer su osuđeni svoju imovinu uknjižili na druge osobe. U izvještaju Pravobranilaštva BiH stoji da su u 2009. godini imali 15 postupaka ovrhe po presudama za najteža krivična djela, …

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos discussed the political situation in Bosnia yesterday. They met with High Representative Valentin Inzko in Sarajevo. “The situation in Bosnia is disturbing and the October elections are an opportunity to change this trend,” Inzko said at …

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has again appealed to delay his genocide trial that is due to resume next week. Karadzic says the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has accepted 1,500 statements and items of testimony from earlier trials concerning the Bosnian war without giving him a chance to cross-examine …