Balkan News

Rapporteur for Albania Tanja Fajon said the European Parliament (EP) will be briefed on Tirana’s EU visa liberalisation process next month. As for the political stalemate that has slowed EU-related reforms, Fajon urged the ruling Democratic Party and the opposition Socialist Party on Sunday (March 21st) to stop damaging Albania’s …

It is false to believe that European Union set additional benchmarks for Macedonia, Secretariat for European Affairs (SEA) informed. SEA denied any accusations made by former Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Ivica

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has called on European leaders to support Commission’s proposal about economic assistance for Greece. Barroso said that if no decision is made at the summit on March 25, eurozone stability will be in danger. The EC President called on the state and government leaders …

Bulgarian Minister of Labor and Social Policy Totyu Mladenov is to visit Greece, the press center of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy. Minister Mladenov is to meet Greek Minister of Employment and Social Security Andreas Loverdos in Athens. They will discuss the development of the bilateral relations in …

KFOR will on Monday begin a five-day unit deployment exercise across Kosovo, it was announced. The aim is to strengthen the capacities of KFOR, EULEX and the Kosovo police, KPS, so that they could react to any scenario that brings security

The prime ministers of neighbouring Macedonia and Greece, Nikola Gruevski and George Papandreou, respectively, agreed to meet this Thursday on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels to discuss their countries’ ongoing “name” spat.

A summit of Western Balkan leaders near Ljubljana ended on Saturday (March 20th) by adopting a joint statement on their countries’ commitment to the European perspective. The forum was marred by the absence of Serbian President Boris Tadic who boycotted because Kosovo was not represented according to the UN Security …

Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said on Friday (March 19th) that the EU expects Kosovo to step up efforts to fight crime and corruption and strengthen the rule of law. After talks with Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and President Fatmir Sejdiu in Pristina, Fuele stressed the importance of guaranteeing political stability …

The NATO Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples Admiral Mark Fitzgerald said on Friday (March 19th) that the transfer of the responsibility for the protection of a Serbian monument of Gazimestan from KFOR to the Kosovo police is a result of improved security situation in the country.

he head of the European Commission (EC) delegation to Serbia, Vincent Degert, has voiced support for an initiative of a number of NGOs from the region to set up a fact-finding regional commission on war crimes committed during wars in the Balkans. Speaking at a conference in Novi Sad on …