The Bulgarian and Greek executives are going to get together Tuesday in Sofia for an historic joint sitting to discuss common interests and projects between the two neigboring countries. The two cabinets will outline priorities and plans for cooperative action.

A number of the EU’s foreign ministers called for a speeding-up of Serbia’s EU accession in the wake of decision by UN’s International Court of Justice that the secession of Kosovo from the Balkan country is not illegal, report EUobserver.com and Beta Press.

Acting Moldovan President Mihai Ghimpu is planning a trip to Georgia. Ghimpu made the announcement today in Chisinau during a meeting with a Georgian delegation. Ghimpu also said that Moldova has already

Participants in Geneva consultations on South Caucasus will make on Tuesday yet another attempt to draw up a document providing non-aggression guarantees between Georgia and its republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The Geneva talks on security in the South Caucasus were first held in October 2008, following a five-day …

The citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will be granted visa-free access to the European Union’s member countries later this year, Mondo news agency said on Tuesday. EU members have reached an agreement to scrap visa obligations for the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bloc is expected to boost …

The Serbian Parliament adopted a resolution on calling on the government to continue its activities defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. After a 12-hour debate, 26 members of parliament present voted against the decision, while two members abstained. 192 voted in favor. “The National Assembly finds it necessary …

The Stabilization and Association Council Macedonia-EU is set to hold a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, Macedonian Ministry of Foreign affairs said. The meeting will focus on Macedonia’s accomplishments regarding its road towards EU, meeting political and economic criteria, implementation of the Stabilization and Association Agreement, financial cooperation and its …

A team of experts from the European Commission (EC), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the IMF arrives in Athens on Monday (July 26th) to evaluate implementation of the country’s anti-crisis measures. In May, Greece received the first 20 billion-euro tranche of a 110 billion-euro aid package from the eurozone …

Croatian local media suggest that Croatia is expected to provisionally close two more EU negotiation chapters at an intergovernmental conference Tuesday. One is on financial control, the other is food safety, veterinary and

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said on Sunday that Kosovo’s supervised independence is coming to an end and urged the international presence to move to a supporting role. Returning from a visit to the United States, he added