European Union member states on Monday kept the threat of a visa ban hanging over the leaders of the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, as they called for talks on the status of the rebel province to resume. Moldova gained independence from the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. …

France made serious remarks regarding EC report, which read that Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have made considerable progress regarding the EU visa liberalization process. Paris raised the question about the efficiency of BiH and Albania in the fight against corruption

Montenegro and Serbia have reached an agreement on mutual extradition of citizens who have committed acts of organized crime and corruption. The deal also refers to money laundry and crimes against humanity and

Hague Tribunal President Patrick Robinson is in Belgrade to present a regional project aimed at training judiciaries to prosecute the accused for war crimes. Robinson said at the launch of the project, worth EUR 4mn, that the majority of war crimes will in future be processed by national judiciaries in …

The European Commission does not tie the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the border-free Schengen zone with the problems of the Roma minority from the

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Greece Rahman Mustafayev recently announced that Greek President Karolos Papoulias will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan in the first half of 2011. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev state

The government of Bosnia-Herzegovina plans budget cuts to qualify for €214 million in international loans for the ravaged country. The budget cuts will bring down the shortfall to 3.5% of economic output in line with a demand by the International Monetary Fund, which in 2010 agreed to a €1.2 billion …

Dutch Ambassador to Tirana Henk Van Del Dool urged political leaders Sunday (September 26th) not to block Albania’s European agenda. The longstanding conflict between the government and the opposition is

Czech Defence Minister Alexandr Vondra stated in Priština on Monday that his country will withdraw 300 of its KFOR soldiers from Kosovo, thus leaving 90 troops.

Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu has tendered his resignation following a court ruling that he breached the Constitution when he preserved his post in the party, while being head of state at the same time. On Friday the Constitutional Court ruled that Sejdiu violated the Constitution, occupying both the posts of …