Greece’s newly elected prime minister George Papandreou and Macedonia’s foreign minister Antonio Milososki may convene Friday at the sidelines of a regional summit in Istanbul, Turkey, local media in both countries report. Both are present at the informal meeting of the Southeast European Cooperation Process, SEECP. A bilateral meeting would …

A one hundred-year-old mosque burned to the ground in the northern Bulgarian town of Nikopol, amid accusations of arson, media report. Eyewitnesses told media that firefighters rushed the scene, but were too late as the flames quickly enveloped the entire building. Imam Gyursel Mimishev, speaking to Bulgarian National Television, said …

A new European Commission, EC, document reportedly argues that the EU should unblock its Interim Trade Agreement with Serbia. Beta news agency reports that the EC is urging the unfreezing of the pact, arguing that the authorities in Serbia have proven their commitment to the country’s EU integration process and …