Balkan News

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić met on Wednesday in Belgrade with Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev. The traditionally good and friendly relations between the two countries provide opportunities for strengthening

Slovenia is in favor of giving Serbia an EU talks start date as soon as possible, Serbian and Slovenian FMs Ivan Mrkić and Karl Erjavec have said. Slovenia is convinced Serbia deserves to get a date

 Greek President Karolos Papoulias has arrived in Belgrade and will hold a series of meetings with Serbian officials on Tuesday. Papoulias met with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić, and wil

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski called for consensus among the parties with the ruling coalition and the opposition over the European integration of the country. Speaking at the celebrations of the anniversary of the VMRO-DPMNE, PM Gruevski said that the EU

Croatian President Ivo Jospović has said that “Kosovo has also been invited” to the celebrations marking his country’s EU entry. “All neighbors and presidents, including Tomislav Nikolić, are welcome, and those

Two EU top officials said on Monday that the parliamentary elections in Albania on June 23 represent a crucial test for the country’s democratic institutions and its progress towards the European Union. “We continue to monitor closely the preparations of the elections

The first meeting of the UAE-Montenegro Joint Economic Committee (JEC), which has been concluded in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, focused on laying the foundations for a new start of economic relations between the two countries, in trade, agriculture, investment, food industries, transport, tourism and SMEs in particular.

For the fourth day in a row Bulgarians will stage nationwide protest rallies against the government, formed on the mandate of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP. The demonstrations were sparked by the decision of the

Agreement on Macedonia’s joining the South Stream gas pipeline project will be ready by the end of this week.

Belgrade and Priština will continue a key phase in their dialogue in Brussels on Monday, when ministers will discuss electric energy and telecommunications. The week will be marked by a series of intensive talks between working groups, while Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci are expected to meet on June 20.