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Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčak said that the solution for the Kosovo problem needs to be found within the region. He confirmed once again that he had “no ambitions of personally offering a plan for solving the Kosovo problem”. “For me it is important for the European Union to be …

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said on Sunday (May 16th) that an agreement has been reached with Spain, the current head of the EU, that Pristina institutions will be represented at next month’s EU-Western Balkans summit in Sarajevo in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244. He told the Tanjug news …

Representatives of Kosovo institutions have refused to hold technical talks with Belgrade until after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules on the legitimacy of Kosovo’s declaration of independence. Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci said on Sunday (May 16th) everything is still in the idea stage. “There is nothing concrete …

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic said that Serbia is ready to withdraw its genocide suit against Croatia if an agreement is reached for the genocide charges filed by both countries against one another to be mutually and unconditionally dropped.

Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić stated in Zagreb on Friday that Serbia supports Croatia’s accession in the European union in 2012. It is seen as a signal of further enlargement of the union and an incentive to the region countries to persist on their path to the EU, he explained.

Johannes Swoboda, vice-president of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with south-east Europe said one of the solutions for Serbs in Kosovo would be autonomy as was the case with Serbs in BiH with the help of the Dayton treaty.

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković will meet with his Croatian counterpart Jadranka Kosor in Zagreb. With recent improvements in relations between Serbia and Croatia, started by several meetings between President’s Boris Tadić and Ivo Josipović, the two prime ministers will meet on Friday in hopes of continuing the trend. Along …

Bulgaria will help the Republic of Srpska overcome the obstacles Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing in its quest to join the EU, Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov stated. “We are glad that with our visit here, we can see other viewpoints. But what is more positive is that the Euro-Atlantic integration …

Hague Chief Serge Brammertz had a meeting with President of the Serbian National Council for Cooperation Rasim Ljajić on Thursday. Brammertz will also confer with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković and War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević later in the day.

Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik told High Representative Valentin Inzko on Tuesday (May 11th) that his entity is willing to resolve state and military property issues but others are not. At a meeting in Banja Luka, Dodik also said that while RS is ready to comply with December’s …