Balkans

For a sixth morning in a row, Bulgarians will stage a coffee-drinking anti-government protest in front of the Parliament building in downtown Sofia. The demonstration on Wednesday morning is expected to be the largest rally held in front of Parliament so far.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić talked with a delegation of the Slovenian parliament led by Parliament Speaker Janko Veber in Belgrade.

Rasim Ljajić says Priština “first accepted the proposed solution for telecommunications but now wants to change what has been agreed.” The Serbian minister of trade and telecommunications added on Wednesday that Belgrade “expects the EU to defend the agreed position.”

The European Parliament has decided Monday evening to hold a debate on the situation in Bulgaria. The debate will be held Tuesday afternoon in Strasbourg. It has

President Ivo Josipovic met the leaders of seven other western Balkan countries on Monday, the first day of Croatia’s EU membership, emphasising that Zagreb

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is on a visit to Serbian capital city Belgrade. In the frames of the visit Minister Bildt will meet with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic. Yesterday the Swedish minister met with Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Serbian counterpart Ivan Mrkic.

Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlăţean is to visit Macedonia on Wednesday. He is to meet with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Poposki. They are expected to sign a bilateral cooperation agreement.

European Council (EC) President Herman Van Rompuy has said Serbia had full support from the EC on its path to EU membership. The pace of the integration will depend on the commitment and

PACE has decided to “step up and expand” its presence in Macedonia and its cooperation with the Macedonian authorities. The PACE’s Skopje-based monitoring mission in Macedonia closed in 2000.

Cooperation between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia is very important for the states at this development stage, former Serbian President said.