Slavs

We have achieved 45 agreements with the EP of 105, which we inherited, and as much were finished at the council. We have made great progress. The biggest success is the European perspective for the accession of the Western Balkans. There can be no peace and prosperity on the continent until all of Europe is united.

Former soldiers from Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Federation entity blocked the Bijaca border crossing with Croatia, demanding welfare benefits and a proper register of those who fought in the 1992-95 war.

The Bulgarian National Statistical Institute published its latest survey during the week, according to which Bulgarians are traveling abroad more and more. According to NSI data, trips of Bulgarians abroad increased by 12% compared to the same period in 2017.

The Serbian parliament adopted new legislation to regulate the building of war memorials which says that monuments that are not in line with “the tradition of the liberation wars of Serbia” could be demolished.

The new laboratory, the fourth of its kind in the country, is scheduled to open next month as Bosnia continues efforts to destroy old and dangerous munitions as part of the conditions imposed by NATO to activate its membership action plan for the Western military alliance.

France has extradited to Bosnia a former ethnic Serb solider accused of taking part in the burning alive of more than 50 Muslim civilians during the country's 1990s war, prosecutors said on June 24.

A press release identified the officer with his initials as E.H., adding that the shooting did not result in any injuries or material damage.

Montenegro's state broadcaster RTCG said that the ministry did not explain whether E.H. fired accidentally or on purpose.

Bulgaria has the necessary infrastructure and resources to continue "Turkish stream". This was stated by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, quoted by Interfax.

About 86 per cent of Bosnians believe the country is heading in the wrong direction while only 9 per cent believe it is moving in the right direction, a new poll suggests.

The data come from the International Republican Institute, IRI, which released the new poll on Tuesday.

The Small Arms Survey, published on Monday, listed Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosovo among the top 25 countries when it comes to the estimated rate of civilian firearms possession per 100 people.

Montenegro and Serbia shared third place, after the United States and Yemen, the report said.