Balkans

German Ambassador to Serbia Wolfram Maas said that Kosovo and Holland are not obstacles on Serbia’s path towards joining the European Union. He said that Serbia’s task is to complete all conditions that are expected of any other candidate for EU membership. “There is only one obligation before Serbia for …

Republic of Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik has accepted an invitation for a meeting between Bosnia-Herzegovina political leaders in Sarajevo. The invitation was extended to Dodik by Democratic Action Party (SDA) President Sulejman Tihić. The meeting is expected to be held on November 12 in Sarajevo.

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, admitted Saturday he had reprimanded his Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, over a recent remark. Naydenov recently said he expected the state to win the suits against former Tsar and former PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg for the annulling the restitution of 16 000 decares of forests (plots …

Bulgaria’s President, Georgi Parvanov, said Saturday he was not going to approve the recall of the country’s Ambassadors to the USA and Turkey. “I am not convinced that these two diplomats are guilty,” Parvanov said. Earlier this week the Bulgarian government approved the recall of the Ambassadors to Turkey and …

With a clear absence of political will on the part of Bosnia’s leaders, US and EU officials recently initiated, organized and led (failed) talks on reforming the country’s constitution – a much needed measure to move it out of political deadlock and closer to EU membership, Anes Alic writes for …

Vijeće ministara BiH utvrdilo je jučer Nacrt budžeta BiH za 2010. godinu, koji je za oko sedam miliona KM manji od ovogodišnjeg. Nacrt je usvojen većinom glasova. Protiv su bili Selmo Cikotić i Safet Halilović, ministri odbrane, odnosno ljudskih prava i izbjeglica BiH. “Nacrt budžeta je usklađen s budžetskim okvirom …

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will pay a one-day visit to Cyprus on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said. Jeremić will meet with President Dimitris Christofias, President of the House of Representatives Marios Karoyian and Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou, it was announced.

Macedonian government will hold session to review issues related to EU integration. Macedonia expects negotiation date for EU membership from EU Council on December 7.

Serbia’s war crimes prosecutor has charged six former Serb fighters over their alleged roles in killing, rape and torture of Roma civilians in eastern Bosnia during the 1992-95 war, a statement said Friday.

This is the second day of KFOR regular military exercise organized in the north of Kosovo, media report. The exercise titled Strong Gate was organized together with EULEX and Kosovo Police. The goal is to establish cooperation between KFOR Tactical North and the Operative Reserve troops.