Balkans

Azerbaijan will make good on commitments to supply Bulgaria with 1 billion cubic meters of gas per year, Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said this week. Appearing with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Monday in Baku, Parvanov said the two countries are ready to make official a deal struck last year to …

Borislav Stefanovic, head of Belgrade’s negotiating team with Pristina, has announced that Brussels-mediated talks will resume next week. Brussels officials have persuaded Serbia to return to the negotiating table with the Kosovo government in Pristina.

United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the United States would stand with Greece through “difficult times,” in a phone call with former Greek prime minister George Papandreou, the White House said. Obama called Papandreou, who resigned last week amid the country’s massive debt crisis, to thank him for …

Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to stagnate politically mainly because of politicians’ reluctance to compromise and engage in dialogue, as wells as their tendency to abuse the system, even as State institutions face functional and economic pressure that has undermined their efficiency, the UN Security Council heard on Tuesday. 

The Netherlands remains strongly opposed to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the visa-free Schengen zone at this stage, Dutch interior ministry spokesperson Alexander Vanderee told Bulgarian National Radio on November 15 2011.

Bulgaria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, has extended accolades to Finland’s new position on the country’s Schengen accession. Mladenov said Sofia is applauding the news and voices certainty the change

The dialog between Belgrade and Pristina will be restored soon, said Serbian negotiator Borislav Stefanovic. Stefanovic expects the two sides will resume their negotiations by the end of the week. He said he was in contact with the EU mediator to approve the next three issues that would go on …

Belgrade negotiator Borislav Stefanović invited municipal presidents from northern Kosovo-Metohija for talks, which will take place in Belgrade on Wednesday. The topics would be administrative crossings, regional presentation and university degrees, Stefanović said

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos will meet with European Commission officials in Brussels next week, during his first trip since taking office as head of a unity government, his office said Tuesday.

A Memorandum of Cooperation reflecting common ground was signed between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria in Baku on Monday and opens up great prospects for both countries, Azerbaijani Labour and Social Protection Minister Fizuli Alekperov