Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov starts on Thursday an official two-day visit to Azerbaijan. He will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the Prime Minister Artur Rasizade. The purpose of the visit is to discuss ways to boost the trade-economic relations between the two countries, gas supplies to Bulgaria …
Read More »EU President visited Romania and Bulgaria
Herman van Rompuy, the President of the European Council, paid a one-day visit to Romania and Bulgaria. In Romania, Rompuy met the President Traian Băsescu, the Prime Minister Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu and spoke in front of the Romanian Parliament
Read More »Bosnian FM pledges to implement ECHR ruling
On April 25 in Strasbourg, Bosnian Foreign Minister, Zlatko Lagumdzija, expressed hope and commitment that the country would soon implement the 2009 European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, ruling, which says Bosnia must change its constitution to allow ethnic minorities to run for top posts.
Read More »KFOR to send 700 troops in Kosovo ahead of Serbian elections
KFOR Commander Erhard Drews has stated that additional 700 NATO troops are expected to arrive in Kosovo by Friday. The Operational Reserve Forces (ORF) troops, would be sent to KFOR before the Serbian elections that will take place on May 6. The troops will be composed by 550 German and …
Read More »Herman van Rompuy visits Bulgaria
EU President Herman van Rompuy arrives on a one-day visit to Sofia on Wednesday to discuss the government’s plan for diversification of the natural gas supplies to Europe. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Herman van Rompuy will have a one-to-one meeting, followed by a joint news conference.
Read More »Stefan Fule urged for Bosnian summit in Brussels on EU tasks
Fule said in Sarajevo on April 24 that Bosnian politicians should come to Brussels and sort out a programme of coordination of EU-related issues. He said agreement was needed between all
Read More »Croatia and Bosnia to seek solutions for bilateral disputes
Croatian and Bosnian officials on April 24 exchanged views on a range of outstanding issues, ranging from the Neum corridor to the port of Ploce and EU-standard border checkpoints. Croatian officials on Tuesday presented Bosnia’s Foreign Ministry
Read More »Cypriot politician said greek population of Cyprus will back Armenia
On April 23-24, Cyprus hosted several Armenian Genocide commemorative events. Armenian community representative Vardges Mahtesian and speaker of the
Read More »Brussels says Croatia is on track for EU entry in 2013
Croatia is on track for EU membership, but has to do more to restructure ailing shipyards, strengthen the judiciary and fight corruption, Brussels said in its first monitoring report on the country’s readiness to join the block. “Overall, Croatia’s preparations are on track. Nevertheless, the
Read More »NATO should reconsider position on Macedonia, says the country’s President
Macedonia’s way to NATO accession is being hampered by an absurd argument, said Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov. According to the president, the decision of the Hague-based International Court of Justice
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