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Turkish voters in Balkans prepare to vote in June 7 election
Turkish citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo will be casting their votes on May 30-31 for Turkey's general elections set for June 7.
Polling stations have been set up in Turkish embassies for voting to take place over the weekend.
"Serbia not thinking about recognition"
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that the positions of Serbia and Albania on Kosovo are very much different.
But he added that he will not allow this wide gap to eliminate the possibility of overcoming past differences.
Future Bulgarian Ambassador to Turkey to Seek New Basis of Bilateral Relations
The former Foreign Minister and future ambassador to Turkey Nadezhda Neynsky said that she is to seek new basis of bilateral relations and will champion the Bulgarian national interests.
Neynsky did not want to make concrete statements as she was still to hold many conversations before her departure to Turkey, she said in an interview for private bTV station on Friday.
Terrorism combating firstly needs strategy to create security culture (experts)
Terrorism combating cannot be efficient only by adopting some force measures against terrorist groups, it needs an approach taking into account the profound causes of the phenomenon, but also the education of the population, mostly of the youths, who are most vulnerable to the propaganda of these groups, as revealed by the great number of those choosing to become Jihadist fighters.
NGO head praises Vucic's visit to Albania as historic
Sonja Licht said on Thursday that PM Aleksandar Vucic's visit to Tirana will be written in the history of Serbian-Albanian relations.
Three Killed in Gun Battle in Centre of Tirana
Tirana was shocked on Wednesday by a multiple murder in the city. Police said that Mentor Lufi, 39 and Gerti Goxhaj, 32, had just entered their BMW car at 7.20pm when two suspected assassins opened fire, killing them both.
Balkan Feuds Re-Surface at Leaders' Tirana Summit
The Prime Ministers from the Western Balkans visited Tirana to take part in the "Tirana Talk" of the Vienna Economic Forum, a forum organized on the initiative of the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama.
Region "needs money, not seminars" from EU - PM
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said in Albania on Thursday that "regional countries must work on joint infrastructure projects and seek support from the EU."
He was addressing "Tirana Talks" of the Vienna Economic Forum, where prime ministers of Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and also Kosovo are taking part.
Balkans Features Low on Global Terrorism Map
A global risk map shows countries in the Balkan region have only a low to medium risk of terrorist attacks.
Launched on Wednesday by Aon Risk Solutions, a leading global risk management groups, in partnership with the Risk Advisory Group, the map provides insight for businesses aiming to reduce their exposure to risk.
Serbian, Albanian PMs Agree to Disagree on Kosovo, Seek Closer Cooperation
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama agreed to disagree on Kosovo and sought closer cooperation between their countries.
This happened at the meeting of the two leaders on Wednesday, which is part of the two-day visit of Vucic to Tirana, Tanjug news agency reports.
PM says Serbia will reduce dependency on Russian gas
Aleksandar Vucic has told AP in an interview that his government "will accept U.S. calls to reduce dependency on Russian gas."
The agency, that interviewed the Serbian prime minister during his visit to Albania on Wednesday, ran the article under the headline, "Under U.S. pressure, Serbia ready to reduce dependence on Russian gas supplies."
PM meets with representatives of Serb minority in Albania
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday in Tirana "vowed his government's support for ensuring a better social status of the Serb minority in Albania."
He also promised "a simplification of the procedure for taking Serbian citizenship," the government's media relations office said, as quoted by Tanjug.
PM praises visit to Albania, "prepares response to Thaci"
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that his visit to Albania, where he met with top officials, was "good for the future of the two peoples and countries."
Analysts say "Albania is not well-intentioned"
Misa Djurkovic of the Institute for European Studies has told B92 that Albania is "not well-intenetioned" toward Serbia.
Athens responds after Albanian PM calls for new talks on maritime borders
Relations between Albania and Greece took another turn for the worse on Wednesday after the neighboring country?s Prime Minister Edi Rama called on Athens to renegotiate its maritime borders with Tirana.