Geography of Europe

Aleksandar Vucic has stated that he expects that Chapters 32 and 35 will be opened in Serbia's EU accession negotiations by the year's end.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated on Thursday that he expects that Chapters 32 on financial control and 35 on Kosovo will be opened in Serbia's EU accession negotiations by the year's end.

A Chinese investor has been awarded a certificate by Bulgaria's Dobrich Municipality for the construction of a feed-mill.

Ivica Dacic says that Belgrade will have hard time persuading UNESCO members not to vote for the admission of Kosovo to the organization.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said that Belgrade will have a hard time persuading UNESCO members not to vote for the admission of Kosovo to the organization at the forthcoming UNESCO Executive Council and General Assembly meetings.

Rating agency Standard & Poor's on Oct. 7 marginally raised its forecast for Turkey's economic growth this year to 3.1 percent from 3, but was more cautious for 2016, cutting its expectations to 2.8 percent from a previous 3.2.

President Tayyip Erdo?an, angered by Russian incursions into Turkish air space, has warned Russia there are other places Turkey could get natural gas and other countries that could build its first nuclear plant. 

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said he will not attend the Albania-Serbia Euro 2016 qualifier in Elbasan.

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann cast doubt on the workability of the so-called migrant hotspots European leaders plan to create by the end of next month in Greece and Italy to help manage large numbers of refugees. 

Albanian Ambassador to Serbia, Ilir Bocka, has refused to heed a call by the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to receive a note of protest.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Oct. 7 that Turkey's help was needed to stem the flow of refugees to Europe but that this hadn't changed her view that Ankara should not become a member of the European Union.

"I have always been against EU membership, President (Tayyip) Erdo?an knows this, and I still am," Merkel told a talk show on German public broadcaster ARD. 

On the eve of the much-awaited football match between Albania and Serbia, security is in the spotlight as Albania seeks to gain a good image as well as qualify for the Euro 2016 finals.