1.   Balkan neighbours Bulgaria and Turkey mended rifts stemming from the Cold War on Thursday, and their prime ministers said their success could serve as a model for others.

2.   He said Moscow had no objections that the Balkan neighbours get equal shares, but Athens insisted that a fourth party be included in the consortium.

3.   Greece and Turkey said they were willing to support their Balkan neighbours Bulgaria and Romania in their NATO bids.

4.   Greek and Macedonian officials met here Tuesday in a fresh round of talks aimed at normalising relations after years of feuding between the two Balkan neighbours.

5.   Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn will visit Croatia and rump Yugoslavia this week, for talks on future cooperation with its Balkan neighbours, an embassy spokesman said Tuesday.

6.   Albania closed its border to Greek passport-holders Friday in another move in the escalating tension between the two Balkan neighbours, Greek officials said here.

7.   Athens often troubled relations with its southern Balkan neighbours have degenerated recently.

8.   Diplomatic relations between the two Balkan neighbours have been repeatedly strained.

9.   It is at the back of the EU candidates queue, along with Balkan neighbour Romania.

10.   Relations between the Balkan neighbours have plunged to a new low over the trial in Tirana of five ethnic Greeks charged with spying for Athens.