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Germany is threatening to stop Serbia being made a formal candidate for membership of the European Union at next week's European Council. The leaders of the 27 member states...

EU to discuss Ashton-Dodik agreement. The foreign ministers of the EU will, at their meeting on 23 May, discuss the politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina following a deal that...

The head of the European Roma Information Office on a lifetime of battling discrimination. Ivan Ivanov was given this name by the Bulgarian government when he was a...

A 'not in my backyard' policy will have little effect, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights writes. In the last days of August, while many Europeans were...

An advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice on the legality of Kosovo's independence could give new momentum to plans to partition. The International Court of...

Like the UN's mission before it, Eulex has yet to bring to book those involved in politically motivated crimes in Kosovo. When it comes to international engagement with...

The European Union must do more to develop a comprehensive framework strategy for Roma people. More than ten million Roma people live in the EU – more than the total...

A lack of consensus among the EU's member states about Kosovo's status is hindering progress in the justice system. When Kosovo declared independence in February 2008, there...

A mixed record on promoting social inclusion. During its term in office, the outgoing European Commission committed itself to the social inclusion of Roma (“One year on,...

The Commission is working hard to protect minority groups. Valeriu Nicolae and Bernard Rorke made a powerful case for the need to do more at the European and the national...

If approved, the European Commission's new visa regime would deepen the ethnic divide in Bosnia. The European Commission today publicly presented plans recommending that...

In the grip of a financial crisis, what price on governments paying attention to a despised minority? Few topics arouse more controversy in the ex-communist region of Europe...

These have been tough months for Europe's Roma; Europe's leaders need to voice their support for Europe's largest minority more forcefully. On 2 March, thousands of...

The EU has pursued an odd way to try and start the healing process in the former Yugoslavia. Your analysis of Kosovo is balanced and honest but short on context (‘An...

The joint recognition of Kosovo by Macedonia and Montenegro will make the region a somewhat safer place. The Balkans is likely to be a bit safer following Montenegro's and...

And how it is playing on everyone's mind. It had long been foreseen that the major Western powers' decision to recognise Kosovo as a state would eventually be cited as a...

Donor conference raises €1.2 billion to fund Kosovo's efforts to rebuild its economy. The European Union has promised to provide Kosovo with a total of €500...

Why is the west giving Kosovo independence when it refuses to recognise Transdniestria, South Ossetia and Abkhazia? These three places are nominally independent – at least...

The imminent independence of Kosovo will mark the end of the territorial re-ordering which followed the gradual and violent demise of that once-proud country, Yugoslavia. The...

In the coming weeks and months, a majority of EU member states, along with governments from the US to Switzerland, will recognise the independence of Kosovo. This will not...