Yugoslav actor Bekim Fehmiu, who has died, worked in Western films but found his greatest fame in the movie industry back home. He was celebrated by his fans as a true Yugoslav personality.
Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca said today he is confident his countrymen will be able to travel without visas to most EU member states in the near future.
At a meeting in Sarajevo with officials from the western Balkan states, the European Union reaffirmed its commitment to the region, while underscoring the need for each of them to continue along the path of reform.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has reportedly proposed abolishing the positions of EU special representatives for the South Caucasus and Moldova. If approved by the EU's member states, the move would signal a drastic downgrading of the EU's involvement in its eastern neighborhood.
Authorities in Macedonia say they have petitioned neighboring Kosovo for information on 70 criminal suspects.
Police said the four were killed when police intercepted them attempting to smuggle weapons across the border from Kosovo.
Thirty years after his death and nearly 20 years after the disintegration of the Yugoslavia he helped create, Yugoslavia's longtime ruler Josip Broz Tito still commands affection and respect, a unifying figure in a now deeply divided region.
Thirty years after the death of Josip Broz Tito, nostalgia is running high in the former Yugoslavia for life under the communist leader.
Former British diplomat Charles Crawford says it's time to reorganize the confusing set of authorities and policies dealing with Bosnia, Kosovo, and Macedonia.
At a confirmation hearing in Brussels, the EU's enlargement and neighborhood policy commissioner-in-waiting today gave strong backing to the EU's existing commitments to welcome the western Balkan countries and Turkey, but stopped short of endorsing the membership hopes of Ukraine and other eastern neighbors.
Serbia will formally apply for European Union membership today and take a major step in its efforts to turn its back on the war, poverty and international isolation of the 1990s.
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