Member states of the Council of Europe

The Bulgarian government is preparing to nominate Kristalina Georgieva as their new candidate in the race for the next UN secretary-general.

This was reported on Monday by Serbia's state broadcaster RTS, which said Bulgarian media quoted Bulgarian officials as saying that international support was waning for the country's current candidate, UNESCO chief Irina Bokova.

BELGRADE - Social Democratic Party of Croatia leader Zoran Milanovic should speak for himself when making public statements, US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott said Friday, adding that all countries in the region should be looking to the future, not the past.

Greece's failure in dealing with the challenge of the migrant and refugee crisis constitutes the biggest threat to the country's tourism, as the government appears unable to address and plan for the needs of the sector that brings in the biggest portion of incoming foreign currency.

As of the end of September, joint Bulgarian-Greek units will patrol the Bulgarian-Greek and Bulgarian-Turkish borders against the illegal traffic of refugees. In the current situation, there are sections along the Bulgarian-Greek and Bulgarian-Turkish borders which are not secured physically and are being used for the trafficking of migrants.

A Hungarian police unit with full technical equipment will patrol the Serbian-Bulgarian border, announced Serbian Interior Minister, Nebojsa Stefanovic.

 The Minister added that the authorities in Belgrade have already asked the Austrian and French police for assistance. According to him, additional foreign forces will contribute to "the stability and security of state frontiers".

BELGRADE - Hungary will not have anyone blocking Serbia's EU accession - a country's accomplishments in the integration process should be the only benchmark, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said Monday.

An increased number of illegal entries of migrants into Croatia across the border with Serbia has been recorded over the last two months.

This has been announced my the Croatian Interior Ministry.

Over one hundred refugees and migrants have entered Greece by sea over the past 24 hours, the Athens-Macedonian news agency said on Thursday. According to the agency, 106 people reached islands in the northern Aegean.

The number of identified migrants and refugees in Greece on Thursday stood at 59,694 people, the agency added.

The next immigrant wave could lead to conflicts in the Balkans, warned the Slovenian Prime Minister, Miro Cerar.

The Czech Republic has thrown its support behind Bulgaria's accession to the Schengen area, its Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has said, according to the press office of his Bulgarian counterpart Rosen Plevneliev.

The Bulgarian head of state is on a two-day visit to Prague, having met with Czech counterpart Milos Zeman on Monday.