Balkans

10 November 2008 Belgrade – Special Serbian police units came out empty handed after a raid on a factory in the western town of Valjevo in an apparent attempt to arrest General Ratko Mladic, sought for war crimes by the UN War Crimes Tribunal.

10 November 2008 Pristina – The Social Democratic Party of Kosovo, PSD, has criticised the government over the European Commission’s progress report on Kosovo.

10 November 2008 Sarajevo – Leaders of Bosnia’s three main political parties have reached an agreement over some of the most hotly contested issues concerning the future of the country, whose debate has poisoned the political atmosphere for the past two years.

10 November 2008 Belgrade - President Boris Tadic says Serbia will not agree to the deployment of EULEX before receiving solid guarantees that Belgrade`s conditions have been fully taken into account.

10 November 2008 Belgrade - The leader of the opposition Democratic party of Serbia, Vojislav Kostunica says the government should face a no- confidence vote over the deployment of the EU’s Rule of Law Mission. EULEX, to Kosovo.

10 November 2008 Skopje – Macedonia must build a climate of trust and political responsibility if it wishes to join the European Union, the EU’s ambassador in the country said on Monday.

10 November 2008 Pristina – Representatives of the EU and UN have reached an agreement with Serbia’s government on the deployment of the EU’s Rule of Law Mission, EULEX, to the country, the Kosovo daily Zeri reported on Monday.

07 November 2008 Pristina – The European Union asked the countries of the Balkans to fight corruption and organised crime if they want to be part of the EU.

07 November 2008 Sofia – Most people in Bulgaria continue to hold negative views on Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev, according to a poll by Alpha Research quoted by the Angus Reid Global Monitor.

07 November 2008 Pristina - Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, responded to the European Commission’s Progress Report on Thursday.