The Bulgarian Parliament ratified on Friday a deal on partnership in military trainings between the Defense Ministries of Bulgaria and Israel. “The agreement is needed in order to strictly regulate the joint military trainings on the territory of the respective country,” Bulgarian Defense Minister Anyu Angelov said. According to him, …

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has expressed hope the Serbian people will vote in favor of continuing down the European path. “As the moment when Serbia will make important internal decisions approaches, I wish to express

On Wednesday, Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, has urged Belgrade and Pristina to implement agreements they’ve reached. Clinton called on the two sides to fully implement the agreements they reached at an EU-facilitated dialogue. “We urge both countries to stay committed to the dialogue and to fully implement …

Belgrade has protested to the international community over this week attacks of Albanians on Serbs in Kosovo. Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic

Serbian President Boris Tadic will resign so that Serbia will hold joint parliamentary and presidential elections on May 6. “I decided to shorten my mandate to allow presidential elections to be held on May 6. I will be a candidate,” Tadic said. Serbia announced last month that parliamentary, regional and …

On February 20, Brussels halted EU funds to Romania after a control found irregularities in the management of the human resources development programme, worth a total of 3.5 billion euros. The European Commission will unblock the funds for human resources development programmes, the Romanian government announced on Tuesday. “This decision …

Germany and UK urged Bosnia on Tuesday to make important progress towards EU and NATO membership. “2012 can be the year when Bosnia-Hercegovina makes decisive strides towards both membership of the EU and NATO,” German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and his British counterpart William Hague said, according to the Bosnian …

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received yesterday the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov. The two stressed that the friendly relation between the Armenia and Bulgaria represent a good reason for improvement and development of cooperation in different fields like culture, education, high technologies, energy, tourism, agriculture and others, in which, according to …

Bosnia will mark on Friday 20 years since the 1992 war, a war that has left deeply divided the country’s Muslims, Serbs and Croats. War started on April 6, 1992, the same date when Bosnia was recognized as an independent country. 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said on Monday that the European Union integration remains a priority for his country. “Ukraine’s integration into the European political, economic and judicial space, in other words its accession to the EU, is our priority,” Yanukovych said. Yanukovych added that the EU should ease visa requirements …