Politics of Europe

The Bosnia Parliament is expected to vote on Thursday over the opposition-proposed dismissal of Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija and the Defence Minister Zekerijah Osmic. 

There is no surprise in the announcement by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) that its candidate for the Aug. 10 presidential elections is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The surprise would have been if he wasn’t.

Filiz Hyusmenova, who represents co-ruling DPS in the European Parliament, is the new deputy head of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Europe (ALDE)'s group.

Bulgarian conservative GERB's MEP Andrey Kovachev has been elected to be among the five Quaestors of the European Parliament, the EPP group said in a statement.

In a message entitled For the First Time a Bulgarian Is Elected to the Leadership of EP, the European People's Party (EPP) assured that "no Bulgarian" had ever assumed such a high position within the Parliament.

An attack against University of Macedonia professor Nikos Marantzidis in a Thessaloniki café late on Tuesday was carried out in the presence of Michalis Peglis, an advisor to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.

Belgrade will provide security guarantees for Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj if the war crimes court grants him early release, but only if he submits to strict conditions.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will be on a visit to France on Thursday, during which he will meet French Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

Vucic will also confer with French Minister of the Economy, Production Recovery and the Digital Sector Arnaud Montebourg, the government's press office announced.

Serbia to guarantee for Šešelj if he accepts conditions

BELGRADE -- The government is willing to provide guarantees for Vojislav Šešelj if he undertakes to comply with all requirements of the Trial Chamber of the Hague Tribunal.

Belgrade riverfront to see large investment project

Bulgarian MP Krasimir Stefanov announced he was leaving the parliament and requested the termination of his powers as a deputy,

Tuesday. Stefanov was a member of the center-right opposition GERB party, however a few months ago he left the parliamentary group and became an independent MP, BGNES reminds.