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Ivica Dačić said after the 13th round of dialogue with Hashim Thaci in Brussels on Monday that some progress was made, but many open issues remain. “We talked about many issues related to the implementation of the Brussels agreement (between Belgrade and

Thousands of people have gathered to protest against the Bulgarian government in the capital Sofia. They are now heading to the parliament, waving Bulgarian national flags and EU flags and chanting

Greece and its international creditors hope to reach a deal by Monday on reforms including thousands of job cuts needed for the debt-laden nation to unlock further aid worth 8.1 billion euros. “We have made substantial progress,” Poul Thomsen, the

Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci will meet on Monday to continue their dialogue on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Priština. The heads of the two governments will hold the meeting in Brussels, with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton’s mediation.

Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo formed their own parliament on Thursday in a show of challenges against the deal by the European Union forcing Serbia to normalize relations with Kosovo.

Croatia plans to open embassy in Azerbaijan, the delegation led by Speaker of Croatian Parliament Josip Leko said. 

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received the delegation headed by the Speaker of the Parliament of Croatia Josip Leko.

Bulgaria’s president has called for new early elections, claiming this is the only way out of the ongoing political crisis and mass protests. “Early parliamentary elections are the only democratic solution to the crisis we are in. To tell people

Nijaifi, Croatian Ambassador to Iraq discuss mutual relations. The Parliament Speaker, Osama al-Nijaifi, discussed with the Croatian

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has sent a letter to Greek counterpart Antonis Samaras in which he calls for speeding up the process of negotiations over the name dispute between the two countries.