Balkans

Nabucco project is still a priority for Romania but the country will analyze every initiative, which can contribute to the energy security of the country and European Union, said Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc. He will attend an energy forum in Budapest. He added that at the summit in Budapest …

Bulgaria’s riverside city of Rousse hosted a meeting between the deputy Bulgarian Interior Minister Pavlin Dimitrov and Romania’s state secretary Marian Titulescu on February 23 2010. The talks were about the mutual scheme set up by Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov and his Romanian counterpart Vasile Blaga for improving bilateral …

In separate meetings with European Union leaders, Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov and President Georgi Purvanov have proposed that the bloc draw on Bulgaria’s assistance in the Western Balkans.

Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said that Spain won’t recognize Kosovo’s independence. He said that Spain won’t bring that kind of decision until UN resolution is adopted or Belgrade and Pristina reach an agreement. Moratinos said that the security, peace and stability at the Balkans is due to the …

The IMF and the Serbian government successfully completed the third review of their 2.9 billion-euro arrangement, IMF mission chief Albert Jaeger told a press conference in Belgrade on Tuesday. He said that key quantitative targets under the programme have been met and that the IMF Board will likely approve the …

The UN mediator in the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece, Matthew Nimetz, is urging both countries to accelerate negotiations to resolve the long-standing row. “I believe it is very important to speed up the talks and make certain decisions,” Nimetz said after meeting Tuesday with Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio …

SARAJEVO Jedinstvena BiH nema alternativu a njen teritorijalni integritet je uslov bez kojeg se ne može govoriti o učvršćivanju stabilnosti regije. Izjavio je ovo jučer Milo Đukanović, premijer Crne Gore, govoreći na forumu Bošnjačkog instituta posvećenom evroatlantskim perspektivama. Đukanović je istakao da dijeli stav SAD kada je u pitanju BiH …

Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov is expected to confer for the first time with European Council President Herman Von Rompuy during the second day of his working visits to Belgium and Luxembourg.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has congratuled Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov on his activeness for bolstering the EU. Barroso and Parvanov met in Brussels Tuesday night, after the Bulgarian President met with EP head Jerzy Buzek and EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy earlier in the day.

The Hague Tribunal President, Judge Patrick Robinson, said the appeal in Radovan Karadzic case would be completed by February 2014, and all other appeals in 2013.