Member states of the Council of Europe

BELGRADE - The countries of the Adriatic region are preparing a protocol for eliminating potential problems concerning shared water supply systems and groundwater resources, and the budget for the project amounts to EUR 6.65 million.

President Traian Basescu called on the Government during a meeting of the Romanian Supreme Defence Council (CSAT) on Tuesday to find a strategy that it should also turn into law by which the transit of the natural gas to be drilled for in the Black Sea be made via Romanian gas transporter Transgaz, the Presidential Administration said in a press release.

Danube enhances co-operation between Croatia, Serbia

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United States "fully engaged" in Balkans

WASHINGTON -- U.S. State Department Office for South Central European Affairs Director Thomas Yazdgerdi says his country is "fully engaged in the Balkans."

This especially applies to "resolving the remaining key issues," he said.

BELGRADE - A series of Albanian provocations has continued ahead of the recent Greece vs. Serbia football friendly in Chania, when one of the boys who accompanied the players onto the pitch crossed his hands over his chest, in a gesture symbolizing the double-headed eagle depicted on the flag of Albania, during the sounding of the Serbian anthem.

BELGRADE - The cooperation between Serbia and Hungary has improved significantly, which is best reflected by the fact that the two countries achieved a record level of trade last year, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said in Belgrade on Thursday.

Bulgaria will try to boost visitor numbers by offering combined tourism products including trips to neighboring Balkan countries.

BELGRADE - The prospects for cooperation between German and Serbian companies in the metal industry are great and there is mutual willingness for utilizing that potential, participants of a conference titled "Metal Industry in Serbia 2014" noted on Tuesday.

Turkey's ambassador to Bulgaria Suleyman Gokce said that his country was against the construction of a fence along the entire border between Bulgaria and Turkey.