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The European Commission will likely press Greece on Wednesday fully implement the debt deal with foreign creditors during a meeting where individual member states of the EU will present proposals. EC spokesman Amadeu Altafaj stressed on Tuesday that the EC, European

Bulgaria decided on Tuesday to expel Syria’s envoy to be in line with an international response to the recent killings in the Syrian village of Houla. “Salah Soukkar will be informed today that he has to leave Bulgaria in the next 72 hours,” the ministry announced. Bulgaria also decided to …

Tomislav Nikolic, will be sworn in as Serbian President on Thursday and his inauguration ceremony will take place on June 11. Nikolic said that he will be open for cooperation with all elements of the media.

Bulgaria’s ambassador extraordinary and envoy plenipotentiary to Greece Emilia Kraleva has presented her letters of credence to Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Tuesday. After the official ceremony ambassador Kraleva said the successful overcoming of the crisis in Greece and economic recovery is of high importance not only to the Greek …

An international conference “Challenges and Opportunities for EU’s Future Budget – Friends of Cohesion Policy” will be held on June 1, in Bucharest, Romania. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his delegation comprised of Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova and Minister of European Funds Management Tomislav …

The new elected Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic announced recently that he is a nationalist, but also a democrat and will respect European values. “Probably a lot of time will pass till the western press accepts me and treats me fairly, as during many years they wrote negatively about me,” he …

Serbia’s president-elect Tomislav Nikolic met on Tuesday in Belgrade with head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Vincent Degert. According to the country’s new president – due to

Georgian Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze commented on recent Serbian President’s remarks on the possible recognition of Abkhazia’s independence: “First of all on this issue I must say that the people of Georgia and Serbia are bounded with the same historical past, Orthodox

Branko Crvenkovski, the leader of the opposition in Skopje on Monday criticized the country’s PM position in negotiations with UN mediator Matthew Nimetz regarding Greek-Macedonian name dispute. Crvenkovski presented a document from 2005 which he said it

Serbia’s new parliament will meet for its inaugural session on May 30 or 31. Tomislav Nikolic will be sworn in as the country’s new president on the same day. When the Serbian parliament meets on May 30 or 31, it will first verify the mandates of the newly elected MPs, …