Definitions of terrorism

International terrorism knows no borders and no country is insured against a terrorist attack, Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev has said.

NEW YORK - Serbia welcomes the adoption of the resolution on foreign fighters and it is ready to step up the cooperation with all countries in the region and the wider community in the fight against terrorism, Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said in New York on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbia backs the fight against global terrorism and has a clear political position on the matter, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Sunday ahead of a trip to New York, where he will attend the upcoming session of the UN General Assembly.

Believe it or not Turkey and the US have agreed during Secretary of State John Kerry’s one-day trip to Ankara that they will cooperate in the fight against terrorism. What will the two countries do?

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Thursday paid homage to those killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks upon the United States and he called for action against those phenomena conducive to the spread of terrorism.

By Alexis Papachelas

Ongoing developments in the country’s broader neighborhood are creating new challenges as well as threats in terms of the country’s interests. While the Middle East is turning into a big black hole, no one can predict where the rapidly developing situation in Iraq, the dismantling of countries such as Syria and Libya, and tension in Palestine will lead to.

A counter-terrorism center will be opened as a unit of Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (DANS) very soon, according to Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev.

Speaking Wednesday during a government sitting in Burgas, Yovchev explained that a Bulgarian team was to go the US in May for training and exchange of experience in the sphere.

Arrests aid terrorism fight in Albania

The arrests of five suspects bring a long-desired relief from a terror group's actions.

Albanian officers conduct an anti-terrorism exercise. Security experts have urged the country's law enforcement agencies to work jointly to prevent acts of terrorism. [AFP]