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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin and his Romanian counterpart Titus Corlatean exchanged views on regional issues and outlined possible areas of co-operation in a meeting Thursday in Romania’s capital Bucharest.

The main goal of Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic’s coming visit to Beijing scheduled for 25-29 August, is to further strengthen and reinforce the good ties between Serbia and China, Stanislava Pak Stankovic, a spokeswoman for

Serbia stands firmly behind the Serb Republic as an entity defined by the Dayton Agreement and will continue to strengthen ties, said PM Ivica Dačić. “The government will, regardless of the reconstruction, continue the policy of establishing closer and stronger ties

The Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) between Serbia and the EU will enter into force on September 1. This means that Serbia’s EU association process will turn into the accession process.

Prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci will next week on Tuesday, August 27 in Brussels meet with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. Ashton’s spokesperson Maja Kocijančič said in a statement that they will

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is to meet with representatives of Kosovo Serbs on Tuesday. Last week Nikolic met with representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo and urged them to participate in the local elections in the autumn. The assembly of Kosovo which is comprised of representatives of the Serbs in …

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has called upon all parties in Parliament to ensure stability and prevent their political confrontation from spreading into society.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has called on Kosovo Serbs to adopt a decision on voting in the Kosovo elections on November 3 – and said Belgrade will not support a boycott of the polls.

Serbia said that it is ready to drop its genocide case against Croatia at the International Court of Justice, but only if Zagreb drops its own lawsuit against Belgrade first. “It should be noted that we didn’t file charges against Croatia [first], but that Zagreb did it first… Our lawsuit …

Turkish Ambassador to Bulgaria İsmail Aramaz has been summoned to the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry in order to explain Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ’s recent remarks about Ankara’s intention to gain possession of a Plovdiv mosque and reopen it to prayers.