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Sarajevo: A Bosnian Muslim former soldier on Monday became the first woman to be convicted of war crimes by a local court after pleading guilty to killing Croat civilians and prisoners during the 1990s war.

Stefan Fule, European Enlargement Commissioner, said on Monday that he hopes the Pro-Europeans to win Serbian elections on Sunday. “If you ask me whether we hope to get an administration that will

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who is on a two-day official visit to Azerbaijan, has said that the main route for exporting Azeri gas to Bulgaria must cross Turkey. Speaking after a Friday meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart

Boris Tadic expressed his intention to form a team for EU accession talks if he becomes a president. “The job ahead of us is enormous and it requires a high level of expertise and efficiency. My team of people

KFOR Command Erhard Drews said on Thursday that another 70 German troops arrived in Kosovo. A total of 550 German and 150 Austrian soldiers will be deployed in Kosovo until next Monday. The troops are being deployed in Kosovo at the request of the KFOR commander, motivating that there had …

Newly-appointed ambassador of Bulgaria, Volodya Chanev Neykov, arrived in Tashkent. Yesterday he held a meeting at the country’s Foreign Ministry, during which he presented an accreditation letter of Bulgarian Foreign Minister. The two sides discussed Uzbek-Bulgarian relations in focused on political, trade and investment cooperation.

Ivailo Ivanov has been appointed as Chargé d’affaires of the Bulgarian Embassy in Belarus. On February 29 2012, Bulgaria recalled its ambassador to the Republic of Belarus, Zachary Radukov. Ivanov’s appointment in Belarus takes place after European Union member states returned their diplomatic missions in Minsk, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry …

Tina Kaidanow, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs said that Macedonia will have to resolve the ‘name’ dispute with Greece before it receives an invitation. “Macedonia has fulfilled key criteria required of NATO members and has contributed to regional and global security”, Kaidanow …

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. President Ilham Aliyev said bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria were rapidly developing in various fields, including in the economic one. He noted there was good potential to boost energy cooperation and stressed the importance of developing …

Greece will hold general elections on May 6. A total of 32 parties will field candidates, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The conservatives and the socialists, who have alternated in power in the last three decades, have lost support to left-wing parties which are against austerity measures that brought Greece near …