Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac arrived on an official visit to Sofia at the invitation of Bulgarian counterpart Anyu Angelov. Sutanovac will meet with Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, National Assembly Chairperson Tsetska Tsacheva, Defence Minister Anyo Angelov and will discuss the bilateral.

Georgia is yet to take its decision though Azerbaijan has made up its that its state oil company SOCAR would like to buy out the Georgian section of the Russia-Georgia-Armenia natural gas pipeline. “The decision on the gas main may be taken with due regard for both states’ interests,” said …

Bulgaria has congratulated Kosovo’s government and central election commission on the organisation of the December 12 2010 parliamentary elections, the first since the country declared independence. The elections were proof that Kosovo society was successfully on the path of democratisation and was able to put into practice

The self-declared terrorist Serb organisation Beli Orlovi says it killed Bosniak leader Sefko Salkovic last week in northern Kosovo, media reported on Monday (December 13th). In a letter left near the office of Danish KFOR troops in Zubin Potok, the organisation also claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack on a KFOR …

Relatives of those killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre announced on Sunday (December 12th) that they have collected over 4,000 signatures in support of a lawsuit against Carla del Ponte, former chief prosecutor of The Hague war crimes tribunal. The lawsuit will be filed in January. They claim that thousands …

“Slovenia is still an active partner for the European integration of Macedonia and this is confirmed by all political forums,” reads the response of Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar to a letter of Macedonian counterpart Antonio Milososki, who asked all EU foreign ministers to support the launching of the pre-accession …

Moldovan Acting President Mihai Ghimpu hopes that re-count of the ballots cast at the November 28 elections may well bring another 2 parliamentary mandates to his Liberal Party, so the Right-Centrist coalition of the Liberal Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party will thus be able to elect …

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will inform EU foreign ministers about preparations for the Belgrade-Priština dialogue. She will also inform the ministers about the effort made by the union in order for that dialogue to take place. The announced dialogue is expected start in early 2011. Officials in Brussels …

Early results of the Kosovo elections show the party of Hashim Thaci has the lead, while Serb parties that participated accuse each other. The Priština-based Gani Bobi Institute said late on Sunday that Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo had picked up 31 percent of the vote, followed by Isa Mustafa’s …

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou pledged to build a long-delayed mosque in Athens for Muslim residents, noting that failure to provide such a facility for over two decades was a “disgrace”.