Member states of the Council of Europe

Serbia can receive up to 6,000 refugees during the winter, President Tomislav Nikolic said after meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met in Brussels on Wednesday with Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov.

Ivanov congratulated him on the opening of the first chapters in Serbia's EU accession talks, noting that it is a very significant event for the entire region.

Exporters of ready-to-wear textile products in Turkey, who have been hit by sanctions imposed by Russia, are eying new markets in Africa to compensate their losses.

The migration crisis in Europe, control of the EU's external borders and bilateral and regional economic links have been in the focus of a meeting between Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos in Sofia on Monday.

Two Turkish arms manufacturers have ranked in the top 100 for total 2014 arms sales, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on Dec. 14. Russian arms sales also soared, though overall arms sales declined over the course of the year.

Sofia and Athens believe EU member states should agree on clear common rules about how to handle the migrant crisis, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said on Monday.

What does a Greek man do in Finland? This is what people used to ask Manos Kyriazis a few decades ago when he decided to leave Greece and settle down in Helsinki, Finland. He had never imagined that today many Greeks would come in Finland and ask for a job at his Greek restaurant.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said he "sees no reason for Skopje's complaint" over a highway sign on Corridor 10 in Serbia that reads, "FYROM."

Relations between Belgrade and Skopje are being tried on account of a signpost at the south of Serbia that refers to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as BJRM (the Serbian equivalent of FYROM). The post gives information on the construction of the E-75 highway at the south of of Serbia.

"Serbia to have more kilometers of highways than Croatia"

Aleksandar Vucic says that "by the end of 2016, or no later than early 2017" Serbia would have "more kilometers of highway than neighboring Croatia."