Balkans

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov says Sofia would object to any solution to the Greece-Macedonia name dispute that resulted in the former becoming known as Northern Macedonia. Borisov said his country objected to the idea of neighbouring

Bulgaria and Romania’s accession to the Schengen Agreement is expected to be a key priority for the upcoming Cypriot EU Presidency, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry announced. He discussed about Schengen his counterparts from Romania and Cyprus. The three

The EU Committee called after a meeting on Tuesday on the European Council to end the three-year stalemate over Macedonia’s EU accession, imposed by Greece. For the third consecutive year, the European Commission last autumn

Finland supports Skopje’s EU aspirations. This was officially announced by Finnish President Sauli Niinisto after a meeting with Nikola Gruevski in Helsinki. Prime Minister Gruevski explained that talks with President Niinisto were focused mainly on bilateral relations, Skopje’s EU enlargement and accession and the country’s name issue.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule is going to attend the inauguration ceremony of Serbia’s President Tomislav Nikolic. According to Fule’s spokesperson Peter Stano, the EU Enlargement Commissioner is going to call on the continuation of European reforms in Serbia.

Boris Tadic of the Democrats and Serbia’s newly elected President, Tomislav Nikolic, met on Wednesday for a second time to discuss the formation of a new government. “We are close to forming a parliamentary majority and I am convinced that

The defence for Ratko Mladic asked for delay of the start of evidence hearing, underlining that it is receiving new documents from the prosecution. Branko Lukic, Mladic’s lawyer said that on May 31 the defence

Bulgaria will inaugurate a new consulate in Montenegro, which will be located in the town of Budva and it will cover the area of the municipalities of Herceg Novi, Tivat, Korot, Budva, Bar and Ulcinj. The new consulate will be run by Nivica Jovovic. The government’s press office announced that …

Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said on Tuesday in Vukovar that his country seeks to create good relations with every country, and that includes Serbia. “I hope that the positions of newly elected Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić will change. We have made significant progress in relations in the past two to …

Four judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), who are in charge of the trial of Radovan Karadzic, started on Tuesday tour of the Srebrenica sites which will last for 5 days. The judges, who are from Trinidad, South Korea, Italy and Great Britain, are accompanied …