Balkans

The Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, and his Georgian counterpart, Miheil Saakashvili, met during the NATO summit in Chicago and agreed to exchange official visits in near future. The two discussed a few ‘common grounds’.

Bulgaria’s government has welcomed the election of the new Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic in a statement of Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov. “We welcome the election of Tomislav Nikolić as President of the Republic of Serbia and congratulate the Serbian people

Macedonian opposition parties have accused Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski of damaging the national interest by unnecessarily antagonizing NATO in a recent interview. Opposition politicians have called on Prime Minister

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, …