Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić and Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović have met with representatives of the Kosovska Mitrovica District. 

The European Commission on July 13 adopted the Annual Action Program 2011 for the Republic of Moldova, worth €78.6 million. The funding will contribute to the

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on Wednesday that Turkey would freeze relations with the European Union if the Greek Cypriots continue to delay

Talks between the VMRO-DPMNE and the Union for Democratic Integration (DUI) ended up successfully. It is expected by the end of the week for mandate-holder Nikola Gruevski to announce the line-up and the programme of the new government. 

European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Füle has said relations and ties between Turkey and the European Union are strong and based on a long-term vision, but also complained of various problems

EU facilitator in the Belgrade-Priština talks Robert Cooper arrived in Belgrade on Tuesday. He said that a tripartite group, chaired by the EU, would supervise the implementation of any agreement between Belgrade and Priština, adding that all problems that occurred in practice would be resolved by repeated talks. 

The European Commission announced Tuesday the finalization of its plans for financial support for ongoing reforms in in the Western Balkans. The countries included are: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, as well as Kosovo for 2011–2013.

The US missile defense shield will cover the entire territory of Europe, including all Bulgaria, according to US Undersecretary of State Ellen Tauscher. Tauscher, who is in charge of arms control and international security affairs at the US State Department, has made the statement Monday, during

Three opposition parties in Kosovo have asked for an extraordinary sitting of the parliament to discuss the request for termination of the negotiations with Belgrade.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met on Monday and discussed the Kosovo dialogue. They agreed that “normalization of relations and building of trust through the Belgrade-Priština dialogue pave the way for European future of both sides”.