Western Balkans

Ivica Bocevski said there were two possible spinoffs in the Western Balkans from the Georgian crisis - a spread of pro-European ideas or a spread of uncertainty.

Kathimerini English Edition : Print Edition : 26/6/09 2008

*Stability in the Western Balkans should be the top priority for the EU in 2008.

Reconsidering EU foreign policy 2008

The situation in the Western Balkans will be the focus of the working lunch with the three candidate countries of Croatia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

ABHaber 2010

Few things have been as constant and steadfast as the policy of the Atlantic Empire in the so-called Western Balkans for the past two decades.

Antiwar.com Original 2009

Expressing "deepest sympathy" for all those who lost loved ones in former Yugoslavia during the conflicts of the 1990s, council members said they share the hope that Mladic's transfer to the court "will help to bring the Western Balkans region closer to reconciliation and to their European perspective."

War-crimes suspect could be extradited as early as Monday 2011

But as Adam Balcer of the Warsaw-based consulting firm Demos Europa explains, Poland is also looking to further European expansion, particularly in the Western Balkans.

Poland’s EU Presidency to Focus on Integration and Expansion 2011

I strongly support Croatia's accession because I am convinced it will send a powerful signal to the rest of the Western Balkans that the EU's doors are open.

Serbia's European Future Jerzy Buzek 2011

But as Adam Balcer of the Warsaw-based consulting firm Demos Europa explains, Poland is also looking to further European expansion, particularly in the Western Balkans.

Poland’s EU Presidency to Focus on Integration and Expansion 2011

If it is the intention of Mr. Thaçi to promote peace and prosperity in the Western Balkans, he is certainly conducting it in a strange manner.

Fighting for Peace in the Balkans 2011

In his Aug. 29 op-ed, " A Better Future for the Western Balkans," Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi describes the Serbian communities of northern Kosovo as beset by "rampant criminality" in an attempt to rationalize his authorization to use armed force in the region.

Fighting for Peace in the Balkans 2011