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Turkey's revisionist comments

Tensions between Athens and Ankara seem to be bubbling ever more furiously under the surface as a result of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's successive revisionist statements regarding the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne that defined the country's borders with Europe.

Labour Protests Shake Romania Ahead of Election

Public-sector employees from institutions across Romania protested on Tuesday demanding better wages ahead of parliamentary elections next month, with some unions threatening strikes in December if demands are not met.

Romanian Anti-Graft Prosecutors Probe Electoral Authority

National Anticorruption Directorate prosecutors carried out searches on Tuesday at the Permanent Electoral Authority, AEP headquarters in Bucharest.

Their target was the head of the AEP, Ana Maria Patru, who according to Anticorruption Directorate sources is under investigation for alleged influence peddling and possible money laundering committed from 2008 to 2015.

Moldova Votes for President in Runoff

Voting is underway in Moldova where the two candidates have differing views on the country's future.

For the first time since 1997, the head of state will be elected by voters themselves and not by Parliament.

Bulgaria, Romania Sign Agreement on Negotiating Expensive Medicines Discounts

The Health Ministers of Bulgaria and Romania have signed a bi-lateral agreement on negotiating discounts for expensive medicines.

The aim is for the two countries to negotiate confidential financial discounts for expensive medicines which will provide patients with better access to the newest treatment.

Serbia and Romania to set up joint border patrols

Serbia and Romania have signed a protocol on the establishment and activities of mixed patrols along the common state border.

The document was inked on Thursday in Timisoara by Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic and Romanian Minister of Internal Affairs Dragos Tudorache.

"Turbulent times ahead, good-neighborly ties important"

Turbulent times are ahead for Europe and the world - good-neighborly relations are a necessity, says Aleksandar Vucic.

The people of Serbia and Romania should be benefiting from them, the Serbian prime minister said in Timisoara on Thursday.

Romania "backs Serbia's EU bid, doesn't recognize Kosovo"

Romania recognizes Serbia's progress on the path toward the EU and it will continue to support that process.

Romanian PM Dacian Ciolos said this on Thursday, noting that his country's position on Kosovo was unchanged.

Gay Marriage Under Fire Ahead of Romania Election

Ahead of a decision by the Romanian Constitutional Court on November 29 on whether gay marriages are constitutional, calls to ban gay marriage by redefining the constitutional definition of the family have gained traction in the general election campaign.

USA To Deploy 6,000 Troops in Europe

The USA will deploy nearly 6,000 troops in Europe this winter, announced the US Department of Defense.

The additional anti-tank brigade that will be sent to Europe numbers 4,000 troops. The USA will deploy an additional 1,750 troops with the 10th mountain division.

Earlier, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter stated that the additional anti-tank brigade will arrive in February.

Presidential Elections: Socialist-Backed Candidate Vows to Defy CETA

The presidential candidate endorsed by Bulgaria's biggest opposition party has said he will refer the EU-Canada trade deal to the Constitutional Court if elected.

The agreement carries risks to Bulgaria's economy, while the benefit, visa-free travel, is too tiny, with visas for Canada being issued easily, Dnevnik.bg quotes Rumen Radev as saying.

Montenegro Hosts NATO Exercise Amid Russian Tension

An international military exercise called "Montenegro 2016", involving servicemen and women from the 32 NATO member and partner countries, started in the capital Podgorica on Monday

The consequence management field exercise, organized jointly by the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre, EADRCC, and the Montenegrin Interior Ministry, ends on Friday.

Oil Found in Bulgarian Black Sea Offshore Drilling

Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev has announced that oil was found in the Khan Asparuh block during offshore drilling earlier this year.

Donchev has not elaborated his remarks at the opening of a tripartite meeting of government, employers, and unions.

A source of Inews.bg (a website of Novinite Group) working in the public sector has confirmed the news.

NATO Undertakes Largest Deployment Around Russia Since Cold War End

At the meeting of the defence ministers of NATO countries on Wednesday, the UK undertook the obligation to send fighter jets to Romania in 2017, while the USA promised Poland military forces, tanks and artillery - the biggest deployment of the alliance at Russia's borders since the end of the Cold War, reported Reuters.

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