Balkans

Greece on Tuesday named the vice minister for finance Philippos Sachinidis to become the new finance minister. Sachinidis, who is 49, replaces Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos who stepped down on Monday after taking over the socialist Pasok party. Greece on March 12 completed a landmark exchange with private investors for …

Bulgaria and Romania have been holding talks about the delimitation of the Black Sea areas for more than 20 years, the spokesperson for the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry announced. The latest round (17th) was held in December 2011 in Sofia, with the next round

On Tuesday, Seselj stated during his closing arguments that Serbs were not the aggressors, since they had only defended their land. “Serbs were not aggressors, and I did not encourage anyone to commit

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic will visit Brussels on Thursday and Friday. Within the sidelines of the visit Jeremic will take part in informal meeting of the EU and Western Balkans Foreign Ministers.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the Bulgarian government delegation he heads arrived in Ankara. PM Borisov was welcomed by Bulgarian Ambassador to Ankara, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism and Mayor of Ankara. After arrival, the Bulgarian prime minister and his delegation will visit the grave of Mustafa Kemal …

On Wednesday in Zvecani, local elections will be discussed during the sitting of the four Serbian municipalities in North Kosovo. On Friday the four municipalities are expected to file a petition with 49,000 signatories to Serbian President Boris Tadic asking Belgrade to organise elections in Kosovo. The parliamentary committee on …

Vojislav Seselj will today continue his closing argument before the Hague Tribunal, where he is on trial for war crimes in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia. Seselj’s closing argument was pushed last week from Monday and Tuesday to Wednesday and Thursday, after he underwent a second surgery when the defibrillator he …

Greece’s Parliament is set to approve the country’s new international bailout agreement late Tuesday. The  $226 billion rescue package has already been approved at committee level. It is expected to pass with the support of the majority Socialists and conservative New Democracy, coalition partners in the government headed by Lucas …

The governments of Bulgaria and Turkey are going to hold their first ever joint sitting on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Turkey will be the fourth country, with which Bulgaria will have a joint Cabinet sitting, after similar sittings with the Cabinets of Greece in 2010, and Israel and Romania in …

Shemsi Nuhiu, a former member of Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, will be extradited to Serbia after Swiss courts rejected his appeal not to be sent for trial in Serbia.