border control

2012-08-23Kosovo is working with neighbouring countries for a political solution that will benefit the region as whole, analysts say.

2012-06-25Since 2001, the fight against organised crime has strengthened co-operation among regional countries.

2011-05-24BELGRADE, Serbia -- The number of Serbian asylum seekers in the EU fell by 35% since the end of December, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monda...

2011-05-22SKOPJE, Macedonia -- About 500 Macedonians were prevented from leaving the country due to lack of sound reasons for their stay in the EU, the Interio...

2011-05-01SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Police have seized 10.9kg of heroin at the border with Greece, the interior ministry announced on Friday (April 29th). The value...

2011-03-20PRISTINA, Kosovo – Kosovo border police assumed complete control over the country's border with Macedonia on Saturday (March 19th) after KFOR withd...

2011-02-24Ahead of its scheduled Schengen accession, Romania targets corruption at border control points.

2011-02-22BUCHAREST, Romania -- The National Anti-corruption Department (DNA) launched an investigation Monday (February 21st) against dozens of police officer...

2011-02-08ATHENS, Greece -- Six farmers who tried to stop traffic across the Bulgarian-Greek border to protest austerity measures were arrested on Monday (Febr...

2010-12-20ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey has summoned Israeli Ambassador Gaby Levi to express dissatisfaction with a sea border demarcation deal between Israel and C...

2010-12-19NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Cyprus and Israel signed an agreement on their common sea border that will allow them to press ahead in their search for energy so...

2010-11-22BELGRADE, Serbia -- Interior Minister Ivica Dacic vowed on Sunday (November 21st) to step up border control in order to stop immigrants from flooding...

2010-08-25PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Police Director Behar Selimi removed Zoran Milkovic from his post as commander of the Jarinje police station, on Tuesday (August...

2010-06-28EULEX forces still maintain control of the Serbia-Kosovo borders, posing problems for the cross-regional fight against crime, Kosovo Border Police Director Shaban Guda tells SETimes.

2010-05-04LJUBLJANA, Slovenia -- Lawmakers voted unanimously Monday (May 3rd) to hold a referendum on the arbitration border agreement with Croatia on June 6th...

2010-03-11SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- Security Minister Sadik Ahmetovic and the head of the European Commission (EC) delegation to BiH, Dimitris...

2010-03-09Western Balkan countries co-operate on border control to shut down smuggling routes. Also in diplomatic news: Sarajevo will host an EU-Western Balkans summit and Albania plans to open six new embassies.

2010-02-15TIRANA, Albania -- Police announced on Sunday (February 14th) they stopped a group of people who tried to cross a border checkpoint with Greece illeg...

2010-01-21ATHENS, Greece -- Police seized 103kg of marijuana at the border between Albania and Greece, near Konitsa, Greece, on Wednesday (January 20th). The p...

2009-11-18LJUBLJANA, Slovenia -- Prime Minister Borut Pahor announced on Tuesday (November 17th) that the government backs the arbitration border agreement str...