Azerbaijan and Georgia will create a joint working group to develop the transport corridor from Asia to Europe through Georgia and Azerbaijan, the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said at a joint press conference with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev yesterday in Batumi.

Bulgaria has become the first country in the region and the third EU member state to ratify Serbia’s Stabilisation and Association Agreement, SAA, with the EU. Bringing together majority and opposition parties in the Bulgarian parliament, the agreement was officially ratified on Friday.

Greece has achieved “considerable progress” in recovering its public finances, the IMF said in a report on Saturday. However, there are still “clear risks” facing the country’s healthcare and social security system, according