Slavic countries

Bulgaria's caretaker Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has met with his Turkish and Macedonian counterparts during the General Debate at the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

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BELGRADE - The motives behind the latest demolition of Cyrillic signs in Vukovar overstepped the bounds of acceptable behavior for the marking of anniversaries and election campaigns, took on the aspect of a historical-civilizational conflict, even the scale of antagonism against the Slavic literacy, Serbs and Serbia, said President of the Serb National Council in Croatia Milorad Pupovac.

A report on average wages in former Yugoslavia countries and Albania, compiled by Anadolu news agency, says Slovenes earn most in the region per month, with average wages of 1,002 euro.

This comes as no surprise, as the country has been a member of the EU for almost 10 years and was the wealthiest republic in Yugoslavia.

Bulgaria's caretaker Economy Minister in charge of Tourism, Branimir Botev, has opposed gloomy forecasts about the sector.

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Regional countries join hands to resolve missing persons issue

Worried by a drop in Russian gas volumes being transited via Ukraine and Slovakia, Kiev has asked the EU to discuss the issue with Moscow.

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BRUSSELS - Belgrade's and Pristina's working groups late Tuesday reached an agreement on free movement that relates to the Nikola Tesla Airport and an additional five border crossings between Serbia and third countries, said Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson of the EU foreign policy chief.

Croatia to assist Macedonia's EU integration

Countries co-operate to form Balkan roaming-free zone

Experts praise the recent agreement to end high roaming charges for cell phone users next year.

Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania agreed to eliminate mobile roaming charges for their citizens travelling to the other countries beginning in 2015, officials said.

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Several waves of Western sanctions against Moscow for its involvement in the Ukraine crisis have limited access to foreign capital for Russia's largest banks and key oil companies