Members of the European Parliament have urged member states to start EU accession negotiations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia before July in a resolution on the country’s 2012 progress report. In a debate on 22 May, MEP Richard Howitt, who

Police have detained the mayor of Skenderaj/Srbice, Sami Lushtaku, and four other suspects for alleged war crimes against civilian prisoners during the 1999 conflict. Officers from the EU rule-of-law mission EULEX and Kosovo police arrested the five men on Thursday on suspicion

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay an official visit to Russia on September 5. The purpose of Erdogan’s visit is participation in the G-20 summit, which will be held on September 5-6 in St. Petersburg.