EU officials in Brussels urged Albania on Monday to hasten the reforms necessary to lift the current visa requirements for its citizens, in order no to miss on the next wave of visa liberalisation in the Balkans. “You help us, we will help you,” was the message of the general …

Turkish President Abdullah Gül formally inaugurated the 25th session of the Organization of Islamic States, or OIC, meeting of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation, COMCEC, Saturday morning in Istanbul. The 56 member organization is meeting in Istanbul this weekend to discuss greater cooperation in response to the …

Butmirski proces nije novi uslov za evroatlantske integracije, ali je on izuzetno važan za napredak zemlje, poručio je Dejvid Miliband, ministar inostranih poslova Velike Britanije, nakon susreta sa šefom bh. diplomatije Svenom Alkalajem. “Butmirski proces je važna prilika za vašu zemlju. Odluka o budućnosti BiH je na njenim liderima i …

German Ambassador to Serbia Wolfram Maas said that Kosovo and Holland are not obstacles on Serbia’s path towards joining the European Union. He said that Serbia’s task is to complete all conditions that are expected of any other candidate for EU membership. “There is only one obligation before Serbia for …

Republic of Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik has accepted an invitation for a meeting between Bosnia-Herzegovina political leaders in Sarajevo. The invitation was extended to Dodik by Democratic Action Party (SDA) President Sulejman Tihić. The meeting is expected to be held on November 12 in Sarajevo.

Georgia will host the fourth meeting of the GUAM Parliamentary Assembly (PA) to be held on Nov. 8-11. The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Metechi Palace Hotel, Tbilisi, the Georgian parliament said. The GUAM PA will open its expanded meeting with participation of delegations of the Baltic Assembly …

Experts from Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, engaged in conflict resolution and civil society, discussed in Bucharest the initiative of the “Black Sea platform of peace”. This platform should provide a comprehensive, transparent, democratic space for civil society in the region. The platform is a regional initiative of the …

Liviu Nogoita is Romania’s Prime Minister-designate but chances of actually getting the job appear slim. He is hoping for a government with broad political support. But the opposition-dominated parliament looks set to reject him, intensifying the country’s political deadlock.

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, admitted Saturday he had reprimanded his Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, over a recent remark. Naydenov recently said he expected the state to win the suits against former Tsar and former PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg for the annulling the restitution of 16 000 decares of forests (plots …

Bulgaria’s President, Georgi Parvanov, said Saturday he was not going to approve the recall of the country’s Ambassadors to the USA and Turkey. “I am not convinced that these two diplomats are guilty,” Parvanov said. Earlier this week the Bulgarian government approved the recall of the Ambassadors to Turkey and …