Balkans

Bosnian and EU officials met in Sarajevo on Tuesday and concluded that Bosnia is getting closer to EU membership. The Bosnian Prime Minister, Vjekoslav Bevanda, said that the implementation of the Sejdic – Finci ruling, one of the preconditions for the start

Germany and France pledged Monday to do whatever was needed to keep Greece in the eurozone, as political turmoil in the debt-wracked country threatens to force it out of the club. “We agreed that we have to do everything to keep Greece in the euro club,” Schaeuble told a joint …

Newly elected President of Serbia, 60 years-old Tomislav Nikolic, vowed to keep Belgrade on its path to Brussels. “Serbia will not turn away from the European path,” said the leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), now the country’s biggest after the May 6 parliamentary and first-round presidential elections. However, …

Eamon Gilmore, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister, welcomed the successful completion of voting in Kosovo in the second round of the Serbian presidential election. “I am satisfied that the elections took place

Ahead of the NATO summit in Chicago, Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski harshly criticised the Alliance for nurturing what he described as double standards and selective respect of international law when it comes to country’s accession. 

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he hopes the European Commission, EC, will take note of Bulgaria’s progress. “It is very important to show voters that we can hand you the key of the

Serbia will hold second-round of elections for the new head of state on Sunday, May 20. Two candidates will confront each other – Democratic Party (DS)-led coalition candidate Boris Tadic and Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)-led coalition candidate Tomislav Nikolic. Tadic, who won 25.31 percent or 989,454 votes in the first round, …

On May 18 a tripartite meeting of the Prime Ministers of Bulgaria, Qatar and Turkey will take place in Varna, Bulgaria. Varna will welcome Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Qatar’s Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani who is already on a two-day visit to Bulgaria. After …

Yuri Sterk, Bulgaria’s ambassador to Israel, has been appointed on 16 May along as chief of the EU delegation in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He is the second Bulgarian diplomat to manage an EU delegation. The

Social Democrats will start a series of anti-government protests from June onwards, with the purpose to increase the party morale before the local elections which are to be held in early 2013. The protests, aimed against the government of Prime