Balkan News

Serbia must find a way and solve Kosovo issue before joining the European Union (EU). Walter Schwimmer, former Austrian Secretary-General of the Council of Europe made the remarks, pointing out that Serbia needs an innovative solution on Kosovo issue. During a lecture at Megatrend university, Schwimmer said that EU doesn’t …

The new Klobuk checkpoint is to be opened officially on the border between Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday. The ceremony will be attended by Dimitris Kourkoulas, Head of the European Commission delegation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Security Minister

Good neighbourliness and friendship are part of a draft treaty Bulgaria has offered to Macedonia. Vesela Cherneva, a spokeswoman for the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry

Switzerland will grant 40 million euros over the next three years to support Serbia’s EU integration effort, Swiss Ambassador to Belgrade Erwin Hofer said. In outlining Switzerland’s 2010-2013 strategy for co-operation with Serbia, Hofer pointed out that the priority is for Belgrade to prepare to join the EU. The funds …

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini says the EU should scrap visa requirements for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as it did for other Balkan countries. Addressing an international forum in Gorizia, on the development of the Adriatic-Balkan region Monday, Frattini described BiH as a priority for Italy and the EU. He …

After a meeting Monday, the government announced the establishment of six working groups to implement the strategy for Serb-dominated northern Kosovo. The groups will include members of the government, the International Civilian Office and EULEX. The groups will work on the rule of law, émigré returns, reconciliation and start of …

Verdicts in the trials of Pane Bulat and Rade Vranesevic, former Republika Srpska Krajina soldiers charged with the murder of six Croat civilians in the town of Banski Kovacevac in Croatia in 1992, will be delivered on March 15 at the War Crimes Court in Belgrade.

Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor, meeting Monday afternoon with his Kosovo counterpart Hashim Thaci in Pristina, stressed the importance of the upcoming regional summit in Slovenia, although neither premier could confirm the way in which Kosovo will be presented at the gathering. Pahor said that he was trying to find …

A new round of Athens Skopje “name” talks is expected to begin by the end of March, Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki said during an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki will pay official visit to Croatia on Tuesday. He is slated to discuss with his Croatian counterpart Gordan Jandrokovic. He will also meet with Croatia’s PM Jadranka Kosor and President of the Foreign policy commission of Croatia’s parliament Franjo Matosic.