Sat, Feb 11 2012
IN LUXEMBOURG: Czech Republic foreign minister Jan Kohout, left, who chaired the EU foreign ministers June 15 meeting, with Austria's European affairs minister Michael Spindelegger, centre, and Slovenia's foreign minister Samuel Zbogar.
Fourteen years after the Dayton Agreement, which ended fighting in the Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina is still a divided country
Inquiries have ceased, says Skopje intermediary who ran a business helping Macedonians get Bulgarian passports. Macedonians are poised to be able to enter the Schengen area visa-free from the start of 2010.
Citizens of the three Western Balkans countries with biometric passports will be able to travel to the Schengen countries visa-free, according to a proposal approved by the European Commission on July 15 2009.
The European Commission will on July 14 include Serbia, but not Kosovo, among the countries for which Schengen visa area access will be liberalised.
Third-country nationals will benefit from more consistent and transparent application procedures, European Council says after approving new rules for Schengen visas on June 25 2009.
Presidents of Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia and Kosovo meeting to discuss regional co-operation and European prospects of Western Balkans countries.
Belgrade believes that The Netherlands is ready to reconsider its opposition to implementing Serbia’s trade and aid deal.
Foreign minister Maxime Verhagen says that Netherlands will not back down on blocking the EU’s Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Serbia; in Belgrade, president Boris Tadic issues cautious welcome: ‘it’s not over’.
Meeting on June 4 to discuss calendar of admittance of Bulgaria and five other states to visa-free zone – if all requirements are fulfilled.
Reports say that EU ministers could decide on June 15 to ease visa system for Macedonia, but Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania will have to wait.
Croatia joined the small list of countries whose passport-holders could enter the US and stay there for a 90-day period without needing to apply for a visa, Croatian news website javno.com said on January 19 2009. Croatia has entered a "very small club" of nations that are in the program to cancel visas for visits to the US, javno.com quoted Stewart Baker, assistant secretary for policy at the US department of homeland security in Washington as saying.
Clashes broke out in Athens on February 10, as Greeks went on strike for a second time this week against tough new austerity measures.
Denial of service attack the latest by hacking collective as Eastern Europe governments back away from ACTA under public pressure.
Situation in northern Kosovo and EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Priština discussed at the United Nations.
New prime minister-designate faces task of rehabilitating image of ruling party with cabinet of second-stringers.
Greece needs the aid package from the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund in order to avoid defaulting on $19 billion in bond payments due in March.
Well I do think forget the past and no more walls all Europeans.
Please visa liberation for Albania. Always has been Europe.
First There is no organic traffiking in Albania. This fact is already verified.We are a NATO Member state, part of UNO,etc. etc. Di you forget what was done to prrgnant women? Did yu forget all children(males particularly)dead? Did you forget all those soldgers taking the eyes from people and making necklases with them? What do you thik are all this things good to be done? Did you forget Invo Andric, your famous Noble Price winner and its stupid propaganda? What about Vasa Cubrilovic and his "Expatriation of Albanians from Kosovo"?What about your ex-president Gonevic and his "Albanian and the Big [...]
Read the full comment Powers"? Or milloshevic in 1989 in Kosovo? And all the barbarians who came in the Ballkans in the 5th-6th century.Could anyone tell me who really suffered?
Buna,Valeri,alb-patrol....
It is sad to see people from above how they comment...this kind of people are the one who think on low level bases. Serbia is taking the part of historiographical heritage of Europe. Serbia paid the dept of the things that small hand of people did to this society,they we paid the dept to NATO and rest of the forces who bombed Serbia....so what now...I should hate those people....well I will not. Thank you EU for the visa liberation and I m looking forward to travel and to meet people around Europe....
Great, now all Serb criminals can travell free to Europe! Mladic among them :)))
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This is what Serbs and Albanians, and most of that ridiculous collection called Yugoslavia, are all about - bunch a school yard bullies, that have thankfully transfared their hate to the internet, where it does less damage.
To the "makedonian" nationalists:
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Wanna find your herritage? You are looking at below!
Empty nationalism, lots of hate and history shaped as a heavy stick to beat each other on the heads.
It was about the time. Congratulations, Macedonia!
To penelope!
You are such a fool people believing this bullshit of organ traffic!
I have nothing against progressive people, but criminals are criminals!
If people do not have anything interesting or remotely clever to say please spare all of us from your silly, national and ridiculous comments. Take a history book not the daily media and teach yourselves some proper history.
To alb-control... I think your comment is stupid and your name says it all.
To Gjergiji... first learn your history of suffering and then comment. Albanians did organ trafficking during the whole so called suffering war! I highly doubt they suffered at all.
Serbs are Ok people,suffering for last 2o years due to bed leaders and
wrong politic and albanians in Kosovo
took advantage of such a situation so
now kosovo serbs are in horrible situation.Be objective,do not take one side,try yo be well informed,
how on earth free visa for serbs?
they should be the last of last..
submit the criminals serbia
@Gjergji: what is base u made ur conclusion on? did u lived there?
Serbia wants to be a European nation and it is doing what it can...Karadzic is out, Mladic is on his way...the white list will only help speed things up
Serbia shouldn`t be compensated without first extraditing the war criminals. Serbia isn`t a constructive element in the region! Serbia is like a small child that cries every day so his faller could buy him a toy! Instead Albanians suffered a lot, are suffering and still have more to suffer!
no more visa walls for macedonians