Serbia and Montenegro

SOFIA (Bulgaria), July 30 (SeeNews) - The European Commission said on Monday it has approved the sale of Norwegian telecommunications group Telenor's assets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to Czech Republic-based investment group PPF.

"The Commission found that the proposed transaction would raise no competition concerns," the EU's executive body said in a statement.

SOFIA, July 30 (Xinhua) -- A multinational military exercise involving army units from eight countries kicked off in Bulgaria on Monday, the country's Defense Ministry said.

The EU official in charge of neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations "warned that Beijing could turn countries in the region into Trojan horses that would one day be European Union members," the website Politico is reporting.

Hahn told Politico that "China's combination of capitalism and a political dictatorship" could appeal to some leaders in the region.

The London conference within the framework of the Berlin Process is being held this Monday and tomorrow. Dacic is already in London, where he visited the grave of Karl Marx.

Jurg Burkhalter is the new CEO of Coca-Cola HBC Bulgaria, the company said.

He will replace the current head Svetoslav Atanasov, who will continue his career as executive director of Coca-Cola HBC for Serbia and Montenegro.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday hailed the "new dynamic" that has developed in the Balkans in the last year that will enhance the regions's prospects. 

"We must enlarge the EU as quickly and as soon as possible. We want to see EU 28, 29, 30. The Western Balkans is a place where tensions can emerge," Peter Szijjarto said on Monday at Londons Chatham House think-tank, "arguing that it shouldnt require another seven years to go though the process," Reuters reported.

The Independent Board of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an independent body in charge of Bosnia's police, called on Monday for the immediate deployment of at least 200 more officers to the border force.

The border police welcomed the move but said the force still needs more resources.

If Austria and Slovenia seal their borders to migrants, Bosnia and Herzegovina will be forced  to close its own borders with Serbia and Montenegro, Slobodan Ujic, Director of the Foreigners' Service of Bosnia, warned on Tuesday.

Serbian criminologist Dobrivoje Radovanovic has warned that Serbia must cooperate more effectively with Montenegro and step up its attempts to combat violent crime after another murder of a Montenegrin citizen in Belgrade.

"Better cooperation between Serbia and Montenegro would help," Radovanovic told BIRN.