May, 2012

• 30 May

  Political parties in Albania failed to propose a candidate for Presidency

  Albanian political parties failed Wednesday to propose any candidates for the country’s new president, forcing parliament to put off his or her election for a week. The Socialists and the governing

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• 30 May

  Demographic Challenges in the Balkans

  Context Following the collapse of communism throughout Eastern Europe and the subsequent breakup of Yugoslavia, the countries in the Balkan area have experienced changes in their demographics, usually in the form of an abrupt decrease in birth rates and population.

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• 30 May

  Serbian Parliament to analyze options for recognising Abkhazia, South Ossetia

  During the visit to Moscow newly elected Serbia President Tomislav Nikolic commented that the Serbian parliament might examine the option for possible recognition of the independence of the separated Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

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• 30 May

  New Serbian President seeks better relations with Montenegro

  Serbian President-elect Tomislav Nikolic said that he wanted Serbia and Montenegro to have a much better relationship in the future. He underlined that Serbs and Montenegrins have a lot in common. “I recognize Montenegro as a state, but I do not recognize the difference between the Serbs and Montenegrins, because …

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• 30 May

  EC to press Greece to fully implement debt deal

  The European Commission will likely press Greece on Wednesday fully implement the debt deal with foreign creditors during a meeting where individual member states of the EU will present proposals. EC spokesman Amadeu Altafaj stressed on Tuesday that the EC, European

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• 30 May

  Bulgaria decided to expel Syrian envoy

  Bulgaria decided on Tuesday to expel Syria’s envoy to be in line with an international response to the recent killings in the Syrian village of Houla. “Salah Soukkar will be informed today that he has to leave Bulgaria in the next 72 hours,” the ministry announced. Bulgaria also decided to …

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• 30 May

  Tomislav Nikolic getting ready to be sworn in as Serbian President

  Tomislav Nikolic, will be sworn in as Serbian President on Thursday and his inauguration ceremony will take place on June 11. Nikolic said that he will be open for cooperation with all elements of the media.

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• 29 May

  New Bulgarian ambassador to Greece presents her credentials

  Bulgaria’s ambassador extraordinary and envoy plenipotentiary to Greece Emilia Kraleva has presented her letters of credence to Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Tuesday. After the official ceremony ambassador Kraleva said the successful overcoming of the crisis in Greece and economic recovery is of high importance not only to the Greek …

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• 29 May

  Bulgarian PM and delegation participate on cohesion policy forum in Romania

  An international conference “Challenges and Opportunities for EU’s Future Budget – Friends of Cohesion Policy” will be held on June 1, in Bucharest, Romania. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his delegation comprised of Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova and Minister of European Funds Management Tomislav …

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• 29 May

  Newly-elected Serbian President says he is nationalist, but also a democrat

  The new elected Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic announced recently that he is a nationalist, but also a democrat and will respect European values. “Probably a lot of time will pass till the western press accepts me and treats me fairly, as during many years they wrote negatively about me,” he …

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