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Fajon: Proposal on Bosnia’s EU candidate status gets strong support
Luxembourg – Slovenia’s proposal that the EU should grant Bosnia-Herzegovina EU candidate status as soon as possible received a great deal of support and, above all, a great deal of understanding at today’s meeting of EU foreign ministers, Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon said after she outlined the proposal to her counterparts.
Dodik Loses Argument in Bosnian Serb Assembly Over UK Deal
Member of the presidency of Bosnia and Hercegovina Milorad Dodik talks at the press conference. Photo: EPA-EFE/ANDREJ CUKIC.
An agreement on partnership, trade and cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the UK was accepted by the Bosnian Presidency but without a consensus of all three members.
Slovenia to Seek EU Candidate Status for Bosnia
Photo: Slovenian President Borut Pahor arrives at a press conference after the Brdo-Brijuni Process summit. Photo: EPA-EFE/IGOR KUPLJENIK.
This comes after the European Commission last week recommended EU candidate country for the ex-Soviet republics of Ukraine and Moldova.
The EU Mustn’t Betray its Promises to the Western Balkans
There is no reciprocity in this latter demand, despite repeated judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg calling on Bulgaria to recognise a Macedonian minority in Bulgaria, which successive Bulgarian governments have ignored.
Slovenia wants Bosnia to get candidate status at next week’s EU summit
Brussels – Slovenia has produced a proposal to grant Bosnia-Herzegovina EU candidate status as early as at the EU summit next week. Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon will present it to her EU counterparts on Monday at a session of the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg.
Pahor writes to Michel over candidate status of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor has sent a letter to European Council President Charles Michel calling for Bosnia-Herzegovina to be granted the EU candidate country status without any conditions. Pahor believes this would strengthen the pro-European forces in the country and the pace of adjustment to the European norms.
Good news: "Relations between Serbia and Turkey at historical peak" VIDEO
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlt avuoğlu is holding a press conference together with his Serbian counterpart Nikola Selakovi.
Minister Nikola Selakovi was the first to address the public.
Refugee Bombing Case Highlights Serbia and Croatia’s Enduring Antagonism
The man identified in court in The Hague as Witness 56 was a Serb policeman in the Croatian town of Knin between May 1994 and August 5, 1995. That was the date when he left the country, along with around 200,000 other Serbs, as the Croatian Army crushed Serb rebel forces during Operation Storm.
Vandals Wreck Yugoslav Partisans’ Necropolis in Bosnia’s Mostar
Vandals have attacked the Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar and smashed hundreds of engraved stone memorial markers commemorating anti-fascist fighters from the southern Bosnian city who died during World War II.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Military Policeman Pleads Not Guilty to Massacre
Nikola Koprivica, alias Nidza, pleaded not guilty at the Bosnian state court on Tuesday to the charge that he committed a crime against humanity in the village of Novoseoci in September 1992.
"I didn't do it, nor was I there at all," the defendant told the plea hearing.
Serbia on the agenda under the label "urgent"
439 amendments were submitted to the draft report presented by the European Parliament's Rapporteur for Serbia, Vladimr Bilk, in April, and the parliamentary groups adopted 40 compromise amendments, which expanded the text of the report.
Headscarf Exhibition Honours Srebrenica Mothers’ ‘Heroic Roles’
The 'Mother's Scarf' art installation, part of the Srebrenica Heroines initiative, will open next month at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre as part of commemorations to mark the 27th anniversary of the 1995 genocide of Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb forces.
Kurti’s Opposition to Open Balkan Leaves Kosovo Looking Isolated
With Montenegro on board and Bosnia mulling its position, pressure is mounting on Kosovo PM Albin Kurti to reconsider his resistance to joining the Western Balkan 'mini-Schengen'.
Party Leaders Pledge to Build Stable, EU-Oriented Bosnia
The Serbian member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, Milorad Dodik, on Monday said that Bosnian Serbs will respect Sunday's agreement signed in Brussels on building a peaceful and stable Bosnia. Although the agreement is not signed or legally binding, "it will be respected on the political and moral level", he said.
August most popular month to tie the knot
Ljubljana – Close to 6,000 couples got married in Slovenia last year and 58 same-sex couples registered formal civil unions. August was the most popular month for a wedding, data from the Statistics Office shows.