BELGRADE, Serbia — EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn welcomed Serbia’s decision to unilaterally implement its interim trade agreement with the EU next year as part of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.

BELGRADE, Serbia — By recognising Kosovo’s independence two weeks ago, Montenegro directly interfered with Serbia’s affairs, Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Thursday (October 23rd).

Azerbaijan intends to hold talks on its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, President Ilham Aliyev said Friday, according to Russian news agencies.

One Russian serviceman was killed and ten others injured in a series of blasts across the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya on Thursday, RIA Novosti news agency reported Friday, citing a police source.

More than 500 Palestinian security reinforcements deployed in the flashpoint West Bank town of Hebron on Saturday as part of a widening crackdown in the occupied territory, officials said.

KABUL (Reuters) – Unknown gunmen shot dead at least one foreigner and three Afghans in the heart of the capital Kabul Saturday, police officials said.

Croatian police continue to examine the crime scene of two murdered journalists in Zagreb. Ivo Pukanic and Niko Franjic died after a bomb was placed under their car. The recent wave of mafia style attacks has prompted Croatia’s Prime Minister to act. Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said: ‘‘There is no …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian officials said all Iraqi ethnic and political groups should stand in unity in negotiations with Washington over the long-term security arrangement.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Interior Minister Ali Kordan said on Thursday that Tehran opposes any document that threatens Iraqi interests, in an apparent reference to a draft Washington-Baghdad security pact.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) denied on Thursday US Treasury charges, and said financial sanctions imposed by Washington are illegal, noting it will file a complaint against the move.