Balkans

Having met his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov, Montenegro’s Prime Minister Igor Luksic expressed gratitude for Bulgaria’s support in Montenegro’s NATO and European Union accession. The two held talks within the Bulgarian government leader’s official visit to Podgorica.

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic has expressed his gratitude to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov for his support for Montenegro’s integration into the European Union and NATO.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is paying a three-day visit to Montenegro. The delegation he heads is comprised also of Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traycho

A new round of negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina, expected on Saturday, may result in agreements on greater freedom of movement between the two estranged countries. The fifth round of Belgrade-Pristina talks is likely to result in closure of a chapter on freedom of movement between the two peoples.

Serbia is continuing to demand that the UN Security Council establish its own independent investigation into human organ-trafficking in the Kosovo war. Serbia will “continue asking the Security Council to adopt a decision enabling the organization

The United States Embassy commends the Moldovan government for concluding an agreement with Ukraine to fully resolve the border demarcation of the Odesa-Reni highway at Palanca.

Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić welcomed the decision of the Dutch Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee to initiate the process of ratification of SAA between Serbia and the EU. The move is very important for Serbia’s negotiations with the EU, the Serbian deputy PM in charge of EU integration said on …

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has told Serbian President Boris Tadic that Belgrade can rely on Bulgaria’s support for starting and holding EU accession negotiations. The two officials talked on Thursday during a summit of Southeast European Cooperation Process on the Montenegrin island of Sveti Stefan. “This support is extremely …

The Dutch parliament’s European Affairs Committee approved the ratification of Serbia’s Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU. This is according to MP Henk Jan Ormel.

Four Romanian policemen have arrived at the District Police in Bulgaria’s Dobrich in order to start patrolling the northernmost part of the Bulgarian Black Sea resorts together with their local colleagues. The joint Bulgarian-Romanian patrols of Bulgaria’s Black Sea resorts for the 2011 summer season start as of July 1. …