Balkans

Bucharest.“Romania is Serbia’s reliable ally”. Thus is what Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic said in an interview with Eventinenmtul zilei. He was on a visit in Bucharest this week. 130 years since the establishment of Romanian-Serbian diplomatic relations were celebrated during his visit. In reference to the bilateral …

Varna. Ministry of Interior’s workers in Bulgaria are too many. This is what chairman of Internal Security and Public Oder Committee Mincho Spasov said at organized debate in the Bulgarian coastal town of Varna /east Bulgaria/, FOCUS Radio-Varna reporter informs. He was asked whether 63 000 Ministry of Interior’s workers …

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov, will arrive Monday for a three-day official visit to Lithuania He is set to discuss energy security and the Eastern Neighborhood Policy with his Lithuanian counterpart Valdas Adamkus. The bilateral meeting between the delegations headed by the Presidents will be followed by a signature ceremony of …

Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister, Petar Dimitrov, has supported the Bulgarian banking system. Dimitrov also said that the country was on the verge of attracting a large number of multinational companies into the Bulgarian Energy market, at an upbeat meeting in Varna late Friday. Dimitrov stated that Bulgaria’s banking system …

A commemorative service was held in Stuttgart on Friday for Denis Puljic, whose life was taken by Tim Kretschmer in a massacre. A commemorative service was held in Stuttgart on Friday for Denis Puljic, a Croat whose life was taken by 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer at the end of his massacre …

The bill, which now goes to parliament, is a key precondition for Serbia to join the European Union and its visa-free regime. The Serbian government said on Friday it had amended an anti-discrimination bill following requests from key religious communities but that the draft still met international standards. The bill, …

Thirteen Serbs were convicted of war crimes and sentenced to prison on Thursday for the execution-style killings of some 200 Croats — one of the worst massacres of prisoners of war (POWs) during the bloody Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. Serbia’s war crimes court judges handed the maximum 20-year sentence …

Friday, Croatia’s Central Bureau of Statistics announced that the consumer price index or CPI rose 4.2% year-over-year in February, larger than the 3.4% increase recorded in the previous month.

German Foreign Minister Frank Walter-Steinmeier, during a meeting with his Slovak counterpart, said that “he’s positively impressed with the Kosovo developments”, adding that “the country has many other challenges ahead.” Steinmier made these comments after the meeting with the Slovakia Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak.

Croatia would continue bringing its legislation into line with the European Union in order to enter the pan-Europe bloc by 2011, Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic said in the Croatian capital Zagreb on Friday. Speaking after meeting his Hungarian counterpart Kinga Goencz, Jandrokovic said that Slovenia should not block Croatia’s …