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Resolving the “name” dispute with Greece remains the condition for Macedonia’s NATO accession, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. He said the Alliance’s position remains unchanged, and is still based on the

Ankara plans to promote NATO bid for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Georgia at the Chicago summit. Turkey will convey the

Bulgaria can play a crucial mediator role in getting Azerbaijan near to a European Union entry, according to Bulgarian Parliamentary Chair Tsetska Tsacheva. Tsacheva is currently on an official visit to Azerbaijan, where she has met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Tsacheva and Aliyev have discussed their countries’ cooperation in …

The regular quarterly report by the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, will be presented to the UN Security Council in New York today. In the latest report, UN Secretary General Ban

Macedonian Minister of Defence Fatmir Bisami will arrive on an official visit to Bulgaria. On Thursday Besimi will meet with Bulgarian counterpart Anyu Angelov, as well as with high-ranking officials with the defence staff of the Bulgarian armed forces. The accent of the talks will be put on the bilateral …

A Bulgarian parliamentary delegation, headed by National Assembly Chairperson Tsetska Tsacheva, will make an official visit to Albania. The Bulgarian delegation includes Ekaterina Mihaylova, Deputy Chairperson of the National Assembly and Chairperson

A two-day conference on integration and contribution of Southeast European states to a common security and defense policy of the EU will be opened Thursday. The conference, which is part of the project of security

Montenegro should start membership EU negotiations next month, the Enlargement Commissioner said, promising that the EU will continue to accept new members. “The European Union continues to grow. Croatia

Bulgaria’s Ambassador in Sarajevo Angel Angelov presented his credentials to the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bakir Izetbegovic, on Tuesday.

The second round of presidential elections in Serbia has started a day after Democrat leader Boris Tadic won the largest percentage of votes in the first round, on 26.7 per cent, closely followed by the Progressives’ Tomislav Nikolic who won 25.5 per cent. Tadic and Nikolic therefore will go into …