Macedonia

Freedom of movement deal covers Belgrade airport

BELGRADE -- Belgrade and Priština working groups agreed to expand the freedom of movement agreement to Belgrade's Nikola Tesla airport and a number of border crossings.

The crossings include those leading to Bulgaria and Macedonia, head of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Marko Đurić said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Belgrade and Pristina working groups have agreed to expand the freedom of movement agreement to cover the Belgrade airport Nikola Tesla and a number of border crossings, including those leading to Bulgaria and Macedonia, head of the Serbian government office for Kosovo Marko Djuric said on Wednesday.

Bosnia, Kosovo and Albania are the main recruiting grounds in the Balkans for radical Islamists seeking fighters for the wars in Syria and Iraq. In terms of numbers, they come just behind Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia, Radio Free Europe, RFE, reported on Tuesday.

Macedonia is warming to the idea of building a regional north-south high-speed railroad, which in its final stage would link the Greek port of Thessaloniki to Budapest via Skopje and Belgrade.

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Croatia to assist Macedonia's EU integration

Many Bulgarians will spend the long weekend including September 22, Bulgarian Independence Day, in one of the neighboring countries.

Every third tourist who will travel abroad for the holidays chooses to go to Greece, according to Bayko Bajkov, head of the Association of Bulgarian Tour Operators and Travel Agents (ABTTA), Standart news informs.

FM discusses regional cooperation, integrations

SKOPJE -- Serbian Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Miniter Ivica Dačić was in Skopje on Monday where he discussed "challenges of EU integration of both countries."

Countries co-operate to form Balkan roaming-free zone

Experts praise the recent agreement to end high roaming charges for cell phone users next year.

Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania agreed to eliminate mobile roaming charges for their citizens travelling to the other countries beginning in 2015, officials said.

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Serbia and Macedonia to have joint diplomatic missions

SKOPJE -- Macedonian and Serbian foreign ministers have signed agreement "on rational use of resources in joint diplomatic and consular missions abroad."

SKOPJE - Macedonian and Serbian Foreign Ministers Nikola Popovski and Ivica Dacic signed in Skopje on Monday an Agreement on rational use of resources in joint diplomatic and consular missions abroad, announcing that the locations and countries where the joint missions are to be set up will be defined soon.