Turkish President Abdullah Gul will be in Bulgaria July 03 on an official two-day visit. This will be the first official visit of a Turkish head of state to the country. The visit will be used to discuss opportunities for boosting bilateral cooperation and the implementation of joint projects in …

The parallel count of the votes cast in the second round of the mayoral elections confirms the victory scored by the Liberal Party’s candidate Dorin Chirtoaca. According to the results announced in a news conference on Monday, 50.55% of the electors voted for Dorin Chirtoaca, while 49.45% for Igor Dodon.

Western Balkan countries’ foreign ministers will meet with their counterparts from the EU member states in Luxembourg on Monday. They will discuss cooperation as a part of the stabilization and association process. This is a regular ministerial meeting as a part of the EU-Western Balkans Forum. 

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Sunday called for a referendum on constitutional reform in the fall. Speaking in parliament, Papandreou said the referendum should discuss “changes to the political system” but

Top international envoy to Bosnia Valentin Inzko urged Bosnia’s ethnically divided politicians on Thursday to quickly form a government after the nomination of Bosnian Croat Slavo Kukic as prime minister. “The political elite of Bosnia-Hercegovina must agree as quickly as possible on the formation of a new government. Eight and …

Vincent Degert, head of the European Union’s delegation to Serbia, announced on Thursday the formation of a joint regional body to resolve the refugee problems resulting from the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Freshly elected MPs in the Social-Democrat-led opposition bloc have announced they are forming their own caucus – but deny plans to join the rightist government. Two prominent opposition MPs, Tito Petkovski and Fijat Canovski, announced

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said that there were no new conditions for Serbia’s on its path toward the EU. He repeated that it was necessary for Serbia to fulfill the Action plan which had been adopted earlier by the Serbian government in order to get the EU candidate status.

Washington “absolutely rejects the idea of a division of Kosovo as it is dangerous for Kosovo and the entire Balkans”, a U.S. State Department official said. Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon was in Priština on Thursday.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has announced a cabinet reshuffle in a bid to get support for the austerity measures which have split his ruling party. Evangelos Venizelos, once Papandreou’s biggest rival, is the new finance minister. He had been in charge of defense and has now also been appointed …