13:36
RUSSIAN AND MACEDONIAN PRESIDENTS TO MEET IN MOSCOW OCTOBER 29
Russian president Vladimir Putin and Macedonian leader Boris Trajkovski are to meet in Moscow on October 29, the Russian president's press service reported Thursday. The Macedonian president will arrive in Moscow October 28-29 for a brief official visit. More details...

11:26
RUSSIAN PEACE-KEEPER KILLED IN KOSOVO
A Russian peace-keeper has been killed in Kosovo. "The corps with a bullet wound in the head of the serviceman from the Russian peace-keeping contingent in Kosovo was found not far from his unit's quarters last night," the press service of the Russian Defence Ministry told RIA Novosti Thursday. More details...

16:33
LEADER OF KOSOVO ALBANIANS CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO RECOGNISE INDEPENDENT KOSOVO
During talks with the Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh and Defence Minister Bjorn von Sydow, Chairman of the Democratic Union of Kosovo Ibrahim Rugova called on the international community to recognise "as soon as possible the independence of Kosovo." More details...

13:15
ALBANIAN TERRORISTS BLOW UP LOCAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLICE BUILDINGS IN A POPULATED AREA IN NORTHERN MACEDONIA
Albanian terrorists blew up the buildings of the local administration and police in the populated area Tearce, Northern Macedonia, the country's foreign ministry spokesmen reported in Skopje on Tuesday. More details...

14:19
MACEDONIAN SECURITY FORCES TO ENTER NORTHERN ALBANIAN VILLAGES
On Monday, the Macedonian Security Forces intend to enter five villages mainly inhabited by ethnic Albanians in the country's north, Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Bozkovski reported. More details...

12:09
PROSECUTOR GENERAL OF HAGUE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL TO ARRIVE IN BELGRADE
On Monday, Prosecutor-General of the International Tribunal for former Yugoslavia Carla del Ponte arrives in Belgrade for a working visit. On Tuesday she will visit Podgorica, capital of Montenegro. More details...

15:29
MACEDONIA TO PURCHASE YUGOSLAV ARMAMENTS
The Macedonian and Yugoslav Defence Ministers have achieved a principled agreement on the delivery of Yugoslav weapons and military hardware to the Macedonian Armed Forces. Reports from Skopje read that Macedonia is interested in purchasing missile systems, weapons and equipment for special anti-terrorist units, and training aircraft. More details...

13:20
YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT AND MACEDONIAN DEFENCE MINISTER FOR REGIONAL BALKANS CONFERENCE
Yugoslav President Voislav Kostunica and Macedonian Defence Minister Vlado Buckovski agreed during their Thursday meeting in Belgrade that a regional conference on the Balkans problems would be crucial for maintaining stability in the region, according to the Yugoslav president's cabinet. More details...

18:20
SERBIAN, ALBANIAN REPRESENTATIVES HAVE A FIRST MEETING IN KOSOVO
High-profile Albanian and Serb officials and other ethnic minorities met Thursday in the Kosovo capital of Pristina. The meeting was initiated by the OSCE and the American Institute of Ethnic Relations More details...

13:51
MACEDONIA: REFUGEES RETURN AND CIVILIANS SECURITY ON TOP OF PRIORITY LIST
The OSCE, EU and NATO together with the Macedonian authorities are intent to ensure the refugees' return and re-establish the central power in the entire country. Incumbent OSCE chairman, Romania's foreign minister Mirca Goana told journalists about this Thursday. More details...

18:25
RUSSIA TO SUBSTITUTE ALL ITS PEACEKEEPERS IN KOSOVO AND BOSNIA
Russia will substitute all its peacekeepers in Kosovo and Bosnia. In compliance with the order of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, the peacekeeping functions, which are currently performed by the Russian Air-Borne Force, will be transferred to the infantry More details...

17:27
250 MASS GRAVES FOUND IN BOSNIA SINCE 1996
After the 1992-1995 civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 250 mass graves with remains of over 12,000 people have been found in the former Yugoslav republic, a state commission looking for people reported missing during the war said in Sarajevo More details...

13:06
TERMS OF SUBMISSION OF LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR COMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PROLONGED FOR SERBIAN COALITION "FOR RETURN"
All the Kosovo parties and associations except the Serbian coalition For Return have already submitted lists of their candidates for the coming parliamentary elections in the region. But the Central Election Commission decided to prolong the submission terms for this coalition. More details...

12:57
DAMAGE DONE TO MACEDONIAN ECONOMY EXCEEDS BILLION GERMAN MARKS
The damage done to the Macedonian economy by the actions of Albanian separatists is estimated at 1,232 million German marks, the Macedonian Chamber of Industry reported on Tuesday. More details...

19:14
ALBANIAN MILITANTS' TRAINING CAMP OPERATES IN U.S.-CONTROLLED KOSOVO
A training camp of Albanian militants functions near the village of Ropotovo, close to Kosovska Kamenica, in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo, which is controlled by the American force, sources from the Russian peacekeeping force in Kosovo reported on Tuesday More details...

14:26
NATO SERVICEMEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ESSENTIAL HARVEST, LEFT MACEDONIA
All 4,800 NATO servicemen who participated in the operation Essential Harvest on disarmament of Albanian militants, have left Macedonia, NATO Spokesman Tim Dunne said in Skopje. More details...

12:48
FORMER LEADER OF ALBANIAN MILITANTS IN KOSOVO TO ARRIVE IN TURKEY ON MONDAY
Former leader of the Albanian militants in the Yugoslavian province of Kosovo Hashim Thaqi will arrive in Turkey on Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey reported on Saturday. More details...

14:21
CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION DELEGATION TO GO TO CROATIA
A delegation of the Russian Central Electoral Commission (CEC) headed by Alexander Veshnyakov is due to set off for Croatia on Friday. According to the CEC press service, the delegation is to participate in the annual conference of the Association of Central and East European Countries Election Organizers, timed to coincide with this organization's 10th anniversary. More details...

11:22
BORIS TRAJKOVSKI ASSERTS THAT MACEDONIA WAS ATTACKED FROM OUTSIDE
Macedonia was attacked from the outside at the moment when it achieved an economic and political stabilisation. The Albanian terrorists, apropos of nothing and under the pretext of fighting for human rights, carried out aggression against Macedonia, despite the fact that the country was an example of good inter-ethnic relations. More details...

20:12
INDEPENDENCE NOW, CALLS KOSOVO DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE
The Kosovo Democratic League, ethnic Albanians' most influential political party, is calling to grant province independence as soon as possible More details...

20:00
IN BOSNIA UNKNOWN PERSONS THROW HAND GRENADE UNDER RUSSIAN MILITARY VEHICLES FROM SFOR
Unknown persons threw a hand grenade into a convoy of trucks of the Russian military contingent from a SFOR international force for stabilisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina /BAH/. There were no casualties More details...

12:03
RUSSIAN PEACE-KEEPERS PRESENCE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA EXTENDED
A RIA Novosti correspondent reports that the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, supported on Wednesday the proposal of the Russian President to extend the mandate of Russian peace-keepers in Bosnia and Herzegovina with 131 votes for, no votes against and two abstentions. More details...

19:20
BOB DJURDJEVIC: PROFITING FROM THE GAME OF NATION BUILDING
How many times have you heard the likes of Bill Clinton, George Bush and other Washington insiders justify the presence of our troops or non-governmental organizations in over 100 countries around the world on the basis that they want to export to these nations American values, such as freedom and democracy? This writer has lost count, but "ad nauseam" could be an adequate answer More details...

22:25
YUGOSLAVIA LINES UP SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL ANTI-TERRORIST EFFORT
Yugoslavia lines up "firm support" for the international anti-terrorist coalition, the country's ministry of foreign affairs said Monday. More details...

15:48
MONITORING OF SITUATION IN MACEDONIA BEGINS
The OSCE is beginning the practical monitoring of the situation in Macedonia following the Albanian gunmen's surrender of weapons, journalists were told by Foreign Minister of Romania Mircea Geoana, serving OSCE Chairman. More details...

13:48
ARMED PROVOCATIONS BY ALBANIAN GUNMEN NEAR THE MACEDONIAN TOWN OF TETOVO
Albanian gunmen have carried out several armed acts of provocation in the area of the town of Tetovo in North-Western Macedonia, said representatives of the Macedonian police on Wednesday. More details...

13:43
KOSOVO SERBS NOT TO VOTE IN KOSOVO PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
Kosovo Serbs will not participate in the regional parliamentary elections due on November 17, leader Milan Ivanovic of Northern Kosovo Serbs said Tuesday. Meanwhile, UNMIK spokeswoman Susan Manuel ruled out the possibility of putting off the parliamentary elections in Kosovo.

20:45
NAVIGATION ON DANUBE CAN BE RESUMED THIS YEAR
Dragisa Pesic, the head of the Yugoslav government, does not rule out that shipping on the Danube may be resumed this year. He was speaking at a news conference in Kiev More details...

12:00
NEBOJSHA MALIC: NATO IN THE BALKANS -- WAR WITHOUT END
Far from the eyes of the American public, still intently focused on a scorched patch of mountains in central Asia, the first battle of "Operation Enduring Freedom" ("Supreme Irony" having been too obvious) has already been fought. No shots were fired. No lives were lost, not yet. But the battle – and with it, perhaps the entire war – was lost. More details...

12:52
BELGRADE TO BE POTENTIAL TARGET OF ALBANIAN TERRORISTS
Belgrade may become a potential target for Albanian terrorists, Serbian Vice-Premier and Chairman of the Co-ordination Centre on Kosovo Nebojsa Covic said in the interview published in the Friday issue of the NIN weekly. More details...