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Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will pay a visit to Yerevan where he will confer with Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian. Jeremić and his Armenian counterpart will open the 6th session of the Forum for

The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on Monday met in Nicosia to continue talks on the reunification of the divided Mediterranean Island nation of Cyprus, the United Nations said. The UN-supported talks will

Kosovo Central Elections Commission (CEC) says it will respect a decision to organise and hold snap elections but will be unable to guarantee the quality of the process. CEC President Valdete Daka said on Sunday

The government and the opposition continue to accuse each other of failing to co-operate on EU integration. Foreign Minister Edmond Haxhinasto noted on Sunday (October 17th) that Brussels is forming an opinion on the

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy is set to visit Macedonia tomorrow. He is to confer with the Macedonian leaders about EC’s upcoming report on Macedonia’s progress.

Spain on Monday ended its military mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Spanish Defence Minister Carme Chacon described Spanish troops as having ‘fulfilled’ their task, Spanish media reported. ‘Peace has been brought where it seemed impossible to have it,’ Chacon said during a visit to Sarajevo, ending 18 years of Spanish military …

Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has asked the Hague Tribunal to issue a binding order requesting that the Bosnian government submit a number of documents relevant to his defence. The indictee said the military documents were necessary for the trial, which is being held before

Both Bulgaria and Romania might profit from South Stream, stated Bulgarian economy minister Traikov, commenting on views that the two countries are competing for a place in the Russian project. Speaking in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio, Traikov stated that there are many opportunities for

Serbia is a key for the stability and security in the Western Balkans, Romanian President Traian Basescu said at an international forum in Bucharest. Basescu added the pro-European authorities in Belgrade should be supported. He also noted Romania considers it very important to back up the European road of Moldova …

Bulgaria and Russia have agreed to speed up negotiations on the South Stream gas pipeline, Alexei Miller, CEO of the Russian energy giant Gazprom, said on Friday in Sofia. Miller explained that the two sides had made significant progress in speeding up the process of implementing the South Stream project, following …