Member states of the Council of Europe

President Rosen Plevneliev assured that Bulgaria will continue supporting the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Montenegro.

Plevneliev said this after his meeting with the President of Montenegro Filip Vujanovic in Sofia on Thursday, the website of the president informs.

President of Montenegro Filip Vujanovic arrives in Bulgaria Thursday for a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart, Rosen Plevneliev.

The two heads of state will discuss the development of trade and economic relations and joint bilateral projects in the sphere of energy, industry, tourism, culture, and education.

Only Turkish tourists are enjoying their holidays in Greece, although thousands of foreign tourists have left the country amid the worsening cash crisis, said the mayor of Symi Island, which is just a few miles away from the seashores of Datça in the Turkish province of Mu?la. 

16 years have passed since the murder of three U.S. citizens of Albanian origin, Illy, Agron and Mehmet Bytyqi.

No one has so far been held responsible for their deaths. The case remains unsolved and is an important topic and the major obstacle in relations between the U.S. and Serbia in the 21st century.

Incidents with flags waving in the central area of Ukraine's capital Kiev sparked much controversy on Tuesday, leaving media outlets divided over whether they were Bulgarian or Russian.

Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev is visiting Ukraine on Tuesday and Wednesday to meet several officials including counterpart Petro Poroshenko.

Kiev said July 7 that Russia had cut off electricity to Ukraine's rebel-run regions in what appears to be another sign that Moscow is losing interest in plans to splinter its neighbor.

Amnesty International on July 7 accused Balkan countries of mistreating migrants passing through their territories on the way to the European Union, saying people fleeing war were being "shamefully let down".

As political leaders surveyed the potential fallout from the Greek referendum, Belgian foreign minister Didier Reynders warned on Monday that if Athens leaves the Eurozone, it could destabilise economies in the Balkans.

This year's EXIT festival will bring together over 1,000 artists performing on a total of 30 stages in Novi Sad, Serbia, and Budva, Montenegro, July 9-18.

"The 15th edition of one of the best music festivals in Europe promises to draw the largest crowds in the past decade and the greatest acts ever," EXIT Director Dusan Kovacevic told Tanjug.

There are good prospects for Albania, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to join the European Union, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.