Bulgaria relaxes visa procedures for Russian, Ukrainian, Belarussian and Moldovan nationals following an order signed by the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov this Friday. The news comes immediately after Mladenov reported Friday morning that he has a draft ready for facilitating the visa regime for those countries.

I’m confident that there will be new talks on Kosovo status, State Secretary of Serbia’s Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija Oliver Ivanovic said. He said that talks on Kosovo status are inevitable and there are always the better option than tensions, which can be caused if there are no negotiations. …

On June 3, Romanian Chamber of Deputies speaker Roberta Anastase met with newly appointed Armenian Ambassador to Romania Hamlet Gasparyan. During the meeting, parties emphasized the importance of parliamentary democracy in the development