Serbian President Boris Tadic had a phone conversation with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in which he thanked for latter’s principle position of support to the decision of the European Council for giving Serbia a status of EU member state candidate.

On 2 March, Moldova’s Prime Minister Vlad Filat met Turkish Ambassador to Moldova Mehmet Selim Kartal. The prime minister welcomed the new ambassador to Moldova, accredited

A two-day summit of EU leaders will begin in Brussels on Thursday and the final decision on Serbia’s EU candidate status is expected to be made tonight. According to a schedule, the EU leaders should discuss whether to grant Serbia the

Nikola Gruevski is set to meet Greek counterpart Lucas Papademos at the sidelines of the EU Summit in Brussels on Thursday. Over a month ago, PM Gruevski invited the Greek PM to dialogue. Papademos accepted the initiative

Estonia’s government will start discussions on whether the country should close its embassy in Bulgaria. The Estonian embassy in Sofia could be closed at the end of 2012. Estonia has reportedly analyzed the work of its diplomatic missions abroad, deciding to move its Ambassadors to several Balkan states to Tallinn.

The Serbian Radical Party has announced that it will struggle with all means against Serbia’s EU bid. On Wednesday the party submitted a petition of about 200,000 signatures against

Serbian President Boris Tadić said Tuesday night that the EU accession was a complex process during which every EU member state could impose its own condition. He stressed, however, that Serbia would not agree to

After EU ministers’ recommendation to grant Serbia the candidate status, the final decision will be made by EU heads of state and prime ministers on March 1-2, After a several-hour long meeting, the EU member

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has said on Wednesday that he wants to scrap visa requirements for Russians. “Let every Russian citizen know that they can come to Georgia without a visa, do business here, spend holidays in our resorts, see their friends and relatives,” he said. Bilateral visa restrictions were …

EP president Martin Schulz will express the European Parliament’s solidarity with the Greek people when he addresses the national parliament this evening. Today he is on his first official visit to Athens, where he will meet the country’s political leaders. Mr Schulz will be meeting president Karolos Papoulias, prime minister …