Balkan News

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin will pay today a working visit to Macedonia, where he is to meet with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Poposki.

The EULEX mission in Kosovo will be granted a new mandate in June and will continue investigating war crimes and organized crime.

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic met with European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Serbia Jelko Kacin in Belgrade on Friday.

Serbia wants the mutual withdrawal of the two genocide lawsuits filed by Zagreb and Belgrade at the International Court of Justice, but it will not act unilaterally, Marko Djuric, an adviser to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier starts a two-day visit in Athens on Thursday. Steinmeier is expected to meet his Greek counterpart Evangelos Venizelos, after

EU leaders Wednesday night in a ceremony in Athens officially inaugurated the six-month Greek Presidency of the EU, stressing the support of Brussels for Greece to overcome its economic and political crisis.

Greece officially assumed the EU’s six-month rotational presidency on Wednesday at a ceremony in Athens. The Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras stressed that

Greek Ambassador to Belgrade Constantine Economides said on Wednesday that the EU-Serbia intergovernmental conference scheduled for Jan. 21 will be a historic moment both for Serbia and the Western Balkans.

The first half of 2014 is extremely important both for Europe, and for Greece, Evangelos Venizelos, Greek Deputy PM and Minister of Interior, said. “The first half of 2014 is vital for Europe, as the European Parliamentary elections will be held in May, but is also

Macedonia and Serbia are about to sign an agreement on using common diplomatic missions abroad. Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who has said that the move was a Serbian initiative, while the decision “a result of common thinking”.