Balkans

Relations between Bulgaria and Russia are excellent, based on extensive mutual co-operation, and not exclusively on one particular energy project, according to Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov, speaking after his regular Cabinet meeting on June 16 2010.

The European Commission initiated a procedure for excessive budget deficit against Cyprus, Finland, and Denmark. This makes Luxembourg the only eurozone country without a procedure for excessive budget deficit against it. The EU financial ministers will have a summit on July 13, when they will decide the austerity measures, which …

Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski will leave for Brussels on a two-day official visit. Gruevski will have meetings with European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Füle and leaders of the European People’s Party. It is possible that Gruevski to meet his Greek counterpart – Georgios Papandreou, who is also in Brussels. The …

SARAJEVO Institucije BiH do utorka nisu zvanično obaviještene o hapšenju bh. državljanina Mirsada Salkića u Srbiji, zbog čega je istog dana Ministarstvu spoljnih poslova Srbije upućena protestna nota iz Ambasade BiH u Beogradu. Salkić je uhapšen u subotu na osnovu potjernice nekadašnjeg Vojnog tužilaštva Srbije, koje ga tereti za krađu …

The EU will almost certainly not extend a start date for Macedonia’s accession talks at tomorrow’s European Council summit in Brussels, thus effectively putting the country’s EU bid on hold until it solves the name row with Greece.

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic has announced that the time has come for Croatia and Serbia to discuss the possibility for citizens of the two countries to cross their common border with a national identity card. Speaking at a meeting with representatives of the Croatian Parliament on Monday, Dacic said …

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha and opposition leader Edi Rama have been invited for fresh consultations with members of the European Parliament as part of efforts to overcome the political stalemate that has plagued the country for almost a year.

The first meeting of the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Council took place on Monday (June 14th) in Luxembourg, six weeks after the SAA with Montenegro took effect. Attending the meeting were Spanish State Secretary for the EU Diego Lopez Garrido, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele

The International Steering Group (ISG) fully supports Kosovo’s territorial integrity and independence and says it is irrevocable. Following a business lunch of the 25 ISG representatives and Kosovo political leaders in Pristina on Monday (June 14th), International Civilian Office head Pieter Feith, on behalf of the Group, said that partition …

Serbian President Boris Tadić will be meeting with Bosnia-Herzegovina Assembly Speaker Sulejman Tihić in Belgrade on Tuesday. Tihić, the leader of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) isleading a delegation of his party and country during the visit.