Armenia

Land troops of 12 countries will take part in the international military exercise at the Novo Selo range in Bulgaria. 

Saber Guardian, the largest exercise for this year, starts on Friday and will include 700 troops from Bulgaria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, USA, Belgium, Turkey and Ukraine, according to Bulgaria's Defence Ministry.

Moldova's pro-European course 'can only lead to a better life'

Moldova's effort to maintain a pro-European course is a positive example for Ukraine and other countries in the region that aspire to EU membership, experts and officials say.

Moldovan citizens will soon be able to travel to the EU's border-free Schengen area without a visa. [AFP]

YEREVAN - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan agreed that the time has come for the countries, whose ties are marked by years' long friendship, to set up a legal basis for improvement of future cooperation in all areas.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic stated on Monday that the statement by Gerhard Schroeder, former chancellor of Germany, that the 1999 air campaign against Serbia constituted a violation of the international law came too late, reiterating that Serbia advocates the adherence to the international law in all circumstances.

YEREVAN - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic and his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian agreed in Yerevan on Monday that relations between the two countries need to be strengthened, and the signing of relevant agreements should pave the way for a legal framework that would ensure that.

YEREVAN - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic has arrived in Yerevan where he will confer with Armenian top officials over the next two days.

Mrkic will first confer with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian and then with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.

THE HAGUE/LUXEMBOURG/BELGRADE - The Subotica Synagogue made it through to the list of eleven cultural and historical monuments and sites which Europa Nostra and Institute of Europe Investment Bank included in the shortlist for the programme 'The 7 Most Endangered' for 2014.

Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev met briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the closing gala of the Winter Olympic Games on Sunday.

BELGRADE - Serbia will start the qualifications for the UEFA European Championship in France in 2016 with an away match against Armenia on October 11 this year, and three days later the team will face Albania at home.