Capitals in Europe

Bosnia's tourist bosses and entrepreneurs are rubbing their hands in delight after another successful summer season, which brought a significant bump in the number of domestic and foreign visitors - and more income, naturally.  

Montenegro and Belarus will sign a five-year agreement on economic and security cooperation on the sidelines of this year's UN General Assembly session, which starts in New York on Wednesday.

Under the draft protocol, which BIRN has seen, the two countries' foreign ministries have agreed a model for a five-year cooperation, which was initiated by Belarus.

Hungary has been passing stricter rules toward migrants for a while and will certainly also declare a state of emergency, says Rade Drobac.

Drobac, who serves as Serbia's ambassador in Budapest, told the Belgrade-based broadcaster TV Pink on Tuesday morning that things "culminated by last night's shutting down of the whole border, or at least of a large part of it."

Bulgaria is seeking to reach a deal with Russia on a project that would lead to the construction of a natural gas hub on its territory, Bulgaria's Ambassador to Moscow has said.
 

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has thanked China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang for his country's principled support of Serbia's territorial integrity.

During their meeting in Beijing on Wednesday, Nikolic also thanked him for the support of the Belgrade-Pristina agreement reached through dialogue.

TV audiences stretching across the Balkans will have a chance to see the sparring leaders of Serbia and Albania resolve their differences on air in August.

The TV duel in Vienna between Edi Rama and Aleksandar Vucic follows a series of public rows between the two Prime Ministers.

Kosovo's Special Prosecution raised an indictment against Hasani on Friday for committing "fraud while holding official duty" while he was rector of the University of Pristina.

Hakif Veliu, former head of the University of Pristina procurement office and Albert Rakipi, director of the Institute for International Studies from Tirana, were charged alongside Hasani.

Serbia's Tanjug and the Albanian state news agency ATA have signed an agreement on cooperation that provides for exchange of news services, photos and videos.

The agreement was signed at Tanjug's headquarters in Belgrade, and ATA Director Gezim Podgorica said that it meant the creation of an additional channel of communication between the two countries.

Despite anticipation of a speedy deal between Athens and Tirana on their maritime borders in the Ionian, Albania’s Foreign Minister, Ditmir Bushati, warned on Wednesday that negotiations could take some time.

Croatia has invited all NATO member states to take part in a parade in Zagreb on August 4 that will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Operation Storm.