Balkan countries to prepare joint soccer bid

The leaders of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia have agreed to form a commission to prepare a joint bid to host soccer's European Championship in 2028 or the World Cup in 2030.

They also reaffirmed their backing for Serbia's aim's to join the European Union and discussed ways of bolstering its bid the during a quadrilateral summit between Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia in Belgrade on Saturday.

"We believe that the Balkans should become the center point of peace, cooperation, co-development and economic cooperation," Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in the joint statements after the end of summit.

"But this can only occur through the EU's enlargement," he added.

He also lauded the growing cooperation between the countries of the region: "We have created a very good team, a team that has learned to combine, to give passes, to play a good...