Regional Cooperation Council

ARANDJELOVAC - Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council Goran Svilanovic stated that the new annual report of the European Commission (EC) on Serbia's progress is realistic and very positive, but he also added that nobody should be overly satisfied.

Vladimir Pesevski, Macedonia's deputy prime minister for economic affairs , said countries in the region must start working together and rely on their own strength to resolve outstanding economic issues, increase employment and trade and improve the overall business climate.

KOTOR, BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, Serbia's first deputy prime minister and foreign minister, took part on Thursday in an Informal meeting of the Western Balkans Foreign Ministers in Kotor, Montenegro, in which improvement in cooperation and development of the region were the main topics.

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will participate in the Informal meeting of the Western Balkans Foreign Ministers in Kotor, Montenegro, on Thursday.

Floods "showed importance of regional cooperation"

VIENNA -- Ivica Dačić says the recent natural disaster showed the exceptional importance of further strengthening of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region activities.

VIENNA – Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said at the third annual meeting of foreign ministers of the Danube region countries in Vienna Thursday that the recent natural disaster faced by Serbia has shown the exceptional importance of further strengthening activities within the framework of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) and in the field of fl

President Rosen Plevneliev will take part in the meeting of the heads of state and government of the South East European Co-operation Process (SEECP) countries on June 25.

This is the highest level of political dialogue in the region in this format, according to the President's press office.

The SEECP was launched on Bulgaria's initiative in 1996.

BUCHAREST - The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) has prepared a South East Europe 2020 strategy (SEE 2020) to help governments improve economies and create new jobs, participants of the First meeting of the Governing Board of the RCC SEE 2020 Strategy in Bucharest have said.

BUCHAREST - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said that the countries of South East Europe have made great progress at the political level and in European integration, but numerous challenges, such as economic growth and job creation, lie ahead and the region must face them together.

BUCHAREST - Europe is aware that more attention should be paid to economic growth and job creation in South East Europe, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki said in Bucharest on Thursday.