TimeLine Layout

May, 2013

  • 14 May

    Bulgaria President to visit Kosovo

    Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, will meet with Hashim Thaci, on Wednesday, May 15, the press centre of the President’s Office announced.

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  • 14 May

    Romania backs Serbia on EU membership

    “Romania’s position will be unequivocal – Serbia should become an EU member and get a date for the start of membership talks in June,” Serbian Foreign Minister said after meeting with his Romanian counterpart Titus

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  • 14 May

    Bosnia, Serbia and Turkey Sign Trade Agreement

    Economy and trade ministers from Ankara, Belgrade and Sarajevo formally agreed to improve economic ties in an attempt to boost mutual trade.Serbian trade minister and deputy prime minister Rasim Ljajic, Bosnian trade minister Mirko Sarovic and Turkish economy minister Zafer Caglayan, Turkey’s Minister of Economy signed a declaration on economic …

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  • 14 May

    Bulgarian Socialists Hope for Expert Cabinet with Broad Support

    The Bulgarian Socialist Party has reiterated that it will not seek a political coalition, but rather a broadly supported expert cabinet in the wake of Sunday’s snap general elections in Bulgaria. At a press event Tuesday, the Socialists, who came out second at the vote, stated that their ambition is …

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  • 14 May

    Bosnia, Serbia and Turkey Sign Trade Agreement

    Economy and trade ministers from Ankara, Belgrade and Sarajevo formally agreed to improve economic ties in an attempt to boost mutual trade.Serbian trade minister and deputy prime minister Rasim Ljajic, Bosnian trade minister Mirko Sarovic and Turkish economy minister Zafer Caglayan, Turkey’s Minister of Economy signed a declaration on economic …

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  • 14 May

    Romanian Postal Workers Strike Over Cutbacks

    Over 1,500 postal workers in Bucharest have staged a walk-out over planned cuts in their working hours and salaries as the government tries to slim down and sell off the service.“People are disappointed by the new working contract which plans to halve the number of working hours for many employees. …

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  • 13 May

    Nawaz Sharif on track to win Pakistan elections

    Nawaz Sharif’s party will probably win the elections in Pakistan, officials said Sunday. According to preliminary results, the party won most

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  • 13 May

    Bulgarian Centre-Right party gets most votes, according to the preliminary results

    According to the preliminary results, four parties pass the 4% parliamentary threshold. The results are: Center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria GERB party of former Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov gets 31.37%, of the votes, the Bulgarian

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  • 13 May

    Turkey believes Syria was behind car bombings in Reyhanli on Saturday

    Turkey believes fighters loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were behind two car bombings that killed 46 people in a Turkish border town where thousands of Syrian refugees live, officials said on Sunday.

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  • 13 May

    Turkey will participate OIC conference on Mali

    Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is set to attend a ministerial meeting organized by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah on Monday, over the current situation in war-torn Mali.

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