Carl Bildt

Former Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has urged respect for democracy and European values during a trip to Skopje today in an effort to push Macedonian politicians towards solving the country's ongoing tense political stalemate.

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Demonstrators chanted anti-European Union slogans as they took to the streets of Skopje again on April 18 in a protest against the proposed inclusion of ethnic Albanian parties in a governing coalition.

European leaders have an obvious choice in the Balkans - either deal with the problem, or wait for it to deal with them, says Carl Bildt.

European leaders have an obvious choice in the Balkans - either deal with the problem, or wait for it to deal with them, says Carl Bildt.

Is there any other country in the world other than Turkey where people's hopes for 2017 were shattered?

Most of us spent the last days of 2016 shivering in the cold and spent nights in darkness because of long power cuts. Until the last minute, New Year's preparations and shopping were done blindly. 

It has been more than 20 years since the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, popularly known as the Dayton Accords, were signed at a U.S. Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, in November 1995 under the auspices of U.S.

For the first time since the creation of the United Nations 70 years ago, female candidates are being mentioned among the likely successors of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Venetia van Kuffeler writes in an article in the December-January issue of London-based Diplomat magazine.

The European Union hit out May 30 at a travel ban imposed by Russia on 89 European citizens -- many of whom are outspoken Kremlin critics -- calling it "totally arbitrary and unjustified".

US Republican Senator John McCain has turned down an invitation to be one of the advisors to Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko.

This was announced in a statement published on McCain's page on the website of the US Senate, with the Republican citing "provisions of the US Constitution concerning the interaction of Members of Congress with foreign governments."

Carl Bildt accuses RS president Dodik: "He is playing with fire"

Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt believes that the Serb Republic (RS) President Milorad Dodik is "truly playing with fire", saying that his statements about Bosnia-Herzegovina potential break-us are trully "upsetting".