Balkan countries

Croatia's Prime Minister and Foreign Ministry are demanding an explanation from Slovenia about why a concert by the Croat nationalist singer Marko Perkovic ‘Thompson’ has been banned.

Bulgaria is on third place in sales growth of new cars in the European Union (EU) in the first four months of 2017, shows the statistic of the European Car Producers Association (ACEA) in Europe, reported Dnevnik.

From January to April in the country are bought 9086 new cars, or exactly 20% more compared to the same period in 2016.

"Nearly 10 years I was the Bulgarian representative in the European Union (EU), and my deepest conviction is that the extend of EU must be into West Balkans."

This commented the Bulgarian Vice President Iliyana Yotova at the opening of a documentary exhibit devoted to 100 years of Bosilegrad's burning, reported FOCUS News Agency.

A Serbian delegation that will travel to China will sign several agreements, including on the Preljina-Pozega and Pozega-Boljare sections of Corridor 11.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic previously said he was considering granting a concession for this part of the future highway to Montenegro to the Chinese, adding, however, that he would be "very sad to do that."

William Walker - Photo: AFP

Belgrade will address the UN because of a statement made by the former head of the OSCE verification mission in Kosovo.

This comes after reports that William Walker spoke about his work on a project of creating the Greater Albania.

The EU should recognize that Albanian politicians are the main threat to peace and stability not only in the Balkans but also in Europe.

This is what Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister has told the website euractiv.com, Beta is reporting on Wednesday.

The solution for overcoming conflicts and living in peace in the Balkans is to work on interdependence, for states to rely on each other.

This has been stated by Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Oskar Benedikt, who added that under such a scenario, it is much harder to turn against each other, which applies particularly to Serbia and Albania.

Bulgarian students won four gold medals and two silver ones at the 34th Balkan Mathematical Olympiad, which has taken place in Ohrid, Macedonia, BNR reported.

In the team rankings, Bulgaria won the first place with 226 points from a maximum of 240 possible.

The Bulgarian tem was followed by the team of Serbia (208 points) and Romania (182 points).

Military Security Agency (VBA) of Serbia confiscated a large quantity of weapons in southern Serbia, which was supposed to be illegally transported to FYROM (Macedonia). It is assumed that it was for the party infrastructure of the largest Albanian parties whose officials participated in armed conflicts in Macedonia, writes Serbian daily "Blic", referring to the sources from VBA.

BELGRADE - Serbia is not interfering in internal relations in Macedonia, Serbian PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic said Monday, appealing to all actors for calm and adding that stability in the Balkans was the most significant.