Balkan News

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved the first batch of its share of the global bailout loan to cash-strapped Cyprus.

Bulgaria’s president said he will start talks with the four parties represented in the new legislature following last weekend’s election. President Rosen Plevneliev said he will announce when parliament will convene after

Serbian and Russian Presidents Tomislav Nikolić and Vladimir Putin will sign an agreement on strategic partnership in Sochi on May 24. The agreement will additionall

Turkish President Abdullah Gul hosts President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic and Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH) presidency members Bakir Izetbegovic (Bosniak), Nebojsa Radmanovic (Serbian), and Zeljko Komsic (Croatian) at the historical summit on May 14-15 in Turkish capital Ankara, which has significant importance as political relations between BiH and Serbia are in …

Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras will pay a one-day visit to Azerbaijan on May 19. The main topic of talks with the Azerbaijani government will be ensuring security of the TAP pipeline deal.

It is possible that the EU will give its interpretation of the Brussels deal, says chair of the Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun. Serbia’s political parties have divided opinions on this possible additional arbitration.

Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, will meet with Hashim Thaci, on Wednesday, May 15, the press centre of the President’s Office announced.

“Romania’s position will be unequivocal – Serbia should become an EU member and get a date for the start of membership talks in June,” Serbian Foreign Minister said after meeting with his Romanian counterpart Titus

Economy and trade ministers from Ankara, Belgrade and Sarajevo formally agreed to improve economic ties in an attempt to boost mutual trade.Serbian trade minister and deputy prime minister Rasim Ljajic, Bosnian trade minister Mirko Sarovic and Turkish economy minister Zafer Caglayan, Turkey’s Minister of Economy signed a declaration on economic …

The Bulgarian Socialist Party has reiterated that it will not seek a political coalition, but rather a broadly supported expert cabinet in the wake of Sunday’s snap general elections in Bulgaria. At a press event Tuesday, the Socialists, who came out second at the vote, stated that their ambition is …