Archive for November 4th, 2009

Serbia has appointed Branislav Milinkovic as an ambassador to NATO. Milinkovic will submit his credentials to NATO by the end of the year. Officials are in a search for a Brussels office location for the Serbian mission to the NATO. Milinkovic will be accompanied by a military official, probably a general appointed by the President of Serbia... »

Bosnia’s Islamic leader Wednesday accused a senior U.S. diplomat in the country of being behind a report carried in the local media that alleged Bosnia’s top Muslim officials were linked in a criminal network. “Now we know who is behind a project to satanize everything Bosniak ,” the Dnevni Avaz daily quoted Mustafa Ceric... »

A new meeting aimed at finding a solution to the political impasse in Bosnia will be held Nov. 18 in the presence of European Union and U.S. officials, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Tuesday. “At the meeting that will take place on November 18, the representatives of the EU and U.S. will try again... »

Macedonian President George Ivanov Wednesday invited his Greek counterpart, Karolos Papoulias, to make a first official visit for talks to resolve an 18-year dispute with Greece over his country’s name.   “In relations between Macedonia and Greece, there are more things that link us and get us closer to each other than those that divide us,”... »

The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday it had agreed to release a slice of rescue lending to Serbia on condition the government clamps down on public sector wages and pensions. The IMF said that it would now release the next installment of an emergency loan totaling 2.9 billion euros. Serbian Economy Minister Mladjan Dinkic said that... »

Serbian war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said Wednesday he hopes an upcoming U.N. report will recognize his country’s “complete cooperation” in trying to bring to justice two fugitives accused of atrocities during the 1990s Balkans War. Serge Brammertz, the chief prosecutor of the U.N.’s Yugoslav war crimes court, is to submit a report to the... »

A trial has begun in Serbia of the only suspect in last year’s burning of the U.S. embassy during riots against Kosovo’s independence. Economy student Milan Zivanovic faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted for “causing grave threat to public security and theft.” Zivanovic has admitted breaking into the embassy during the Feb. 2008... »