Bulgaria is an important partner of Georgia and is seen as the shortest way the country can reach the EU, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has declared after meeting with Bulgaria’s PM Boyko Borisov. “Our two countries are very much alike – we have gone through

Macedonia will enter the European Union before Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday, congratulating Skopje in advance during his visit to the Balkan country. “On the EU process, I believe Macedonia will enter the EU before Turkey. The process continues at a fast pace. We are a …

Serbia should return to the negotiating table as soon as possible and focus on its priorities, European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur Jelko Kacin has stated. He added that Serbia’s priorities are not entirely clear now when the EU candidate status is within reach.

Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia met in Warsaw Thursday. Successful development of bilateral relations was underlined at the meeting. The sides expressed confidence Azerbaijan-Georgia cooperation would continue to expand in a variety of fields.

Bucharest will withdraw its police officers from Kosovo by the end of this year following the completion of their tour of duty. Romania’s Supreme Council of National Defence, CSAT, has decided that the 178 police officers currently

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has denied that Putin will visit Belgrade in late October. “Prime Minister Putin is not coming to Belgrade in the end of October,” Peskov pointed out.

Georgia will present its priorities at the Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania said at a briefing on Monday, September 26. As Warsaw-hosted summit due September 29-30, the

KFOR bust a barricade on the road to Jarinje border checkpoint on Tuesday morning, using tear gas. KFOR arrested people who were on the barricades. The barricades of soil and gravel are being removed, too. The NATO staff arrest everyone crossing the border using alternative routes.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called his Turkish counterpart Monday to discuss the dispute about gas drilling in the Mediterranean between Turkey and Cyprus, a Turkish official announced. “Both parties stressed their

Bosnia’s political leaders were to meet on Monday in a bid to resolve the most serious post-war crisis in the country that still has no government almost a year after general elections. After several failed attempts to form a central government in the country divided along ethnic lines into two …