Kosovo’s interim president took office Monday in a ceremony boycotted by his predecessor as the government battled to avoid new elections. Former president Behgjet Pacolli failed to show up for the ceremony handing over power to parliamentary speaker Jakup Krasniqi, with his office saying he did not consider it necessary.

Croatia’s negotiations for EU accession are very unlikely to be completed by mid 2011, and will probably drag on into the fall. Contrary to the hopes of the Hungarian EU Presidency that it will be able to complete Croatia’s EU accession talks by June

Kosovo Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi said Sunday that the Kosovo assembly will probably choose a new president next week. “The opposition needs to be

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will embark on a two-day official visit to Serbia on Monday, during which he will confer with Serbian top officials. Sargsyan will confer with Serbian President Boris Tadić, and parliament speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović.

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says that Serbia and Montenegro are unlikely to reach an agreement on dual citizenship soon, as talks on the issue have been suspended for a year. Dacic said that this was primarily due to the restrictiveness of Montenegro’s law, and underlined that Belgrade and Podgorica …

European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso will kick off a Balkan tour next week. He will start by visiting Croatia on April 7th, then he will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia.

The justice ministry has approved Milojko Nikolic’s extradition to Serbia, media reported on Friday (April 1st). A former member of a Serb paramilitary group and a member of “The Jackals” paramilitary unit suspected of

Macedonia’s Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska and her visiting Kosovo counterpart Bajram Rexhepi signed an agreement on Friday (April 1st) establishing joint patrols at the Macedonia-Kosovo border. The deal will enable better border management and contribute to increasing of the overall security, the two officials estimated. They also discussed the possibilities …

Serbia’s President Boris Tadic and Prime Ministers of Croatia and Slovenia, Jadranka Kosor and Borut Pahor, reaffirmed on Friday (April 1st) their will to boost economic co-operation and participate together on

The Belgrade-Priština dialogue has no alternative and its goal is to close some of the open topics, Head of Belgrade’s negotiating team Borko Stefanovic says. He announced at the panel discussion organized by the New Policy Center on Friday that the third round of the talks, which were first launched …