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Germany and UK urged Bosnia on Tuesday to make important progress towards EU and NATO membership. “2012 can be the year when Bosnia-Hercegovina makes decisive strides towards both membership of the EU and NATO,” German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and his British counterpart William Hague said, according to the Bosnian …

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received yesterday the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov. The two stressed that the friendly relation between the Armenia and Bulgaria represent a good reason for improvement and development of cooperation in different fields like culture, education, high technologies, energy, tourism, agriculture and others, in which, according to …

Bosnia will mark on Friday 20 years since the 1992 war, a war that has left deeply divided the country’s Muslims, Serbs and Croats. War started on April 6, 1992, the same date when Bosnia was recognized as an independent country. 

The UN envoy in the Greek-Macedonian name issue, Matthew Nimetz, said he is optimistic for the name dispute between Skopje and Athens and he believes that the two sides can overcome their differences with consistency and real dialog. He said, however, that each side should take into account the interests …

Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri said on Sunday after a joint conference with his Bulgarian counterpart that Georgia and Bulgaria have the same geopolitical challenges – relationship with Russia. “Borisov himself told me that recently he had to suspend two projects funded by Russia in Bulgaria – the construction of …

During a two-day forum on 28-29 March Greece, Israel and Cyprus enhanced collaboration on energy investments for exploiting natural gas reserves in southeastern Mediterranean Sea. It is expected that a trilateral memorandum in the fields of electricity and natural gas to be signed soon. “The axis of Greece, Cyprus and …

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili met in Tbilsi with Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov to discuss bilateral relations and energy projects, including transit of liquefied natural gas through the Black Sea. Saakashvili praised Bulgaria and said it is

Serbian Interior Minister, Ivica Dacic announced in Belgrade that it seized two policemen from Kosovo on Serbian territory. The authorities in Pristina, say in turn that the two were kidnapped inside the territory of Kosovo. Belgrade said the two men were detained in the area of Merdare for breaching Serbia’s …

The defence of Ratko Mladic requested the start of his trial to be delayed until the prosecution reveals all of its evidence. Branko Lukic, Mladic’s lawyer, said that by

On March 29, The European Parliament adopted a resolution that calls on EU countries that restrict the access of Romanian and Bulgarian citizens to their labour markets, to review their decisions. The call was part of a resolution urging on EU states to do more for its citizens on basic …