Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolić agreed on Wednesday that the two countries “need to intensify their relations.” This is especially in terms of economy, the two presidents said, and announced joint sessions of the two governments.

A member of the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, has been killed near the town of Zvečan in northern Kosovo. The media in Priština have also reported about the incident. According to them, the victim is a Lithuanian member of the EULEX police. 

The European Union Thursday congratulated Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita who will be publicly inaugurated today after winning landslide election victory in August. European Council President Herman Van Romnpuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in a joint statement expressed