A protest of northern Kosovo Serbs against the implementation of the Brussels agreement started in Belgrade on Friday. The protest is dubbed “We are staying in Serbia”.

Romanian State Minister for Energy Constantin Nita said on Thursday “we seek Turkey’s support in Nabucco Project.”

The U.N.-Arab League mediator in the Syria conflict, Lakhdar Brahimi, has agreed to stay on despite his frustration at the international deadlock that has prevented UN action to halt the two-year-old civil war, the United Nations said on May 9.

After the two delegations failed to agree an action plan, the Serbian Prime Minister said the EU-led deal will be finalised following direct meetings with his Kosovo counterpart. Serbia’s Prime Minister, Ivica Dacic, said an action plan to implement the

Bulgaria’s caretaker Economy and Energy Minister Asen Vasilev will make a working visit to Istanbul, Turkey.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received on Wednesday the visit of former Romanian President Emil Constantinescu. Emil Constantinescu

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu held a telephone conversation with US Secretary

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen called Skopje and Athens to find a solution to the name issue. We are ready to start the accession talks right after a solution to the name row is found. We encourage both countries to do their best to overcome this issue,” Rasmussen remarked.

Serbia is solving the most important issues related to its future through dialogue, President Tomislav Nikolić said in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Kurdish rebel leaders have confirmed that their fighters will begin withdrawing from Turkey into bases in neighbouring Iraq on Wednesday.