Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has a new top international envoy. Slovak diplomat Miroslav Lajcak took over the post of high representative and EU special representative (EUSR) on July 1st, succeeding Germany’s Christian Schwarz-Schilling.
Read More »Bulgarian families see no quick end to Libya case
Bulgarian nurse Snezhana Dimitrova has spent eight years in a Libyan jail and her family is convinced that a court there will on Wednesday confirm the death sentences passed on her and five other foreign medics.
Read More »Tolimir again refuses to enter plea on war crimes charges
Former Bosnian Serb commander General Zdravko Tolimir, considered the third most important war crimes suspect after Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, refused again on Tuesday (July 3rd) to enter a plea on war crimes charges before The Hague tribunal judges.
Read More »Bosnian police arrest gang members
Police have arrested four alleged members of an organised crime group and are looking for nine others following last week’s murder of a major underworld figure.
Read More »Romania’s Bela resigns as deputy prime minister
As expected, Deputy Prime Minister Marko Bela, who has been overseeing culture, education and European integration, resigned on Tuesday (July 3rd).
Read More »Kosovo Albanian leaders hint of alternative scenario if new UN resolution fails
Kosovo Albanian leaders reiterated Tuesday (July 3rd) that Pristina might look for alternative scenarios for achieving independence if the UN Security Council fails to adopt a resolution based on the Ahtisaari plan.
Read More »EU urges consensus on Kosovo
Cristina Gallach, EU security chief Javier Solana’s spokeswoman, said Tuesday (July 3rd) that Brussels wants a consensus on Kosovo status to be reached as soon as possible.
Read More »Del Ponte calls again for Mladic’s arrest
Serbia must arrest Bosnian Serb wartime commander Ratko Mladic by the end of the year, chief UN prosecutor Carla del Ponte told journalists on Tuesday (July 3rd).
Read More »HDZ counts on the number seven
Hoping to fend off a strong challenge from the opposition Social Democrats, Croatia’s ruling party has introduced a new platform.
Read More »Macedonia records progress in tackling human trafficking
In the latest annual Trafficking in Persons Report, released last month by the US State Department, Macedonia is criticised for not fully complying with the minimum standards in eliminating human trafficking.
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