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Greek President Karolos Papoulias has appealed to his counterpart in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) regarding discussions over the dispute on the Balkan country’s name. Papoulias sent a letter to President Gjorge Ivanov,

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic asked the Yugoslavian war crimes court Wednesday to postpone the start of his defence case for almost a year, saying he needs to more time to prepare. Facing 11 counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, Karadzic submitted

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Hashim Thaci met in New York at UN headquarters and discussed the latest events in Kosovo . The meeting focused on Kosovska Mitrovica recent conflicts and the technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. Thaci thanked the UN and the secretary general personally on the UN’s …

Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Bakir Izetbegovic discussed Bosnia’s objective to join the Alliance with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen earlier on Wednesday. “The Euro-Atlantic integration process is the only realistic platform that

Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the European Integration Teuta Arifi will visit Bulgaria tomorrow (11 April). Arifi will meet with Bulgarian FM Nikolay Mladenov and Minister of European Funds Management Tomislav Donchev. After the meetings, a press conference will be held on 13:30 local time.

The Bulgarian and Moldovan governments decided to sign an agreement about cooperation in case of disasters. Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has been assigned to carry on with the negotiations. The deal will be signed when the Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat will pay a visit to Sofia on 19 …

Lucas Papademos, the Greek PM, is expected to announce on Wednesday the snap election date for May 6. Papademos will meet later today with the country’s president, Karolos Papoulias, and ask for elections to take place 18 months ahead of regularly scheduled elections.

The US Embassy in Sofia (Bulgaria) will adopt a new program with the objective to ease the visa renewal process. According to the new program, all bulgarian citiziens

Dimitar Arnaudov has handed over his letters of credence as an ambassador of Bulgaria to Albania to President Bamir Topi. Arnaudov discussed with the Albanian President about bilateral relations and the European prospects of the Western Balkan countries, including Albania. The two underlined that bilateral cooperation should enhance in fields …

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos will meet with President Karolos Papoulias on Wednesday afternoon. Papademos is leading the Greek interim government since November 2011.