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Greece will hold new elections on June 17, after members of parliament couldn’t agree on a coalition government following the last election earlier this month. A court official will be appointed PM of the interim government, but most likely will not influence internationally agreements.

The prosecution’s opening arguments mark the start of the trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, the last trial at the Hague Tribunal. Mladic entered the plea of not guilty to all 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the Srebrenica genocide calling the accusations …

Bosnia’s International high representative, Valentin Inzko, presented an optimistic half-year report on the implementation of the peace agreement in Bosnia to the UN Security Council on Tuesday. The report highlighted the long overdue

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