Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac said on Monday that there was “no indication of instability in south Serbia”. “That this does not mean that the situation is not being closely monitored,” the minister said in the southern town of Leskovac.

The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Georgia Edward Nalbandian and Grigol Vashadze agreed on possible mutual visits between the Presidents of the two countries during a meeting in Salzburg, according to the Georgian Foreign Ministry.

German Ambassador in Belgrade Wolfram Maas has said that recognition of Kosovo’s independence has never been a condition for Serbia’s EU integration. “But what we do expect is to solve problems that will allow normalization of relations. We know from experience that there is a large maneuvering space there,” he …

The U.S. will continue to support Serbia on its European path, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker says. He added in Belgrade on Thursday that the Belgrade-Priština dialogue represented a means to overcome contradictory issues and find solutions that would contribute to people’s …

Head of the EU mission in Macedonia Peter Sorensen on Wednesday held farewell meetings with Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Poposki. Sorensen left for Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he will be an official representative of the EU. At the meeting with President Gjorge Ivanov the …

The International Monetary Fund mission will arrive in Belgrade on Thursday to discuss a new precautionary arrangement with Serbia. By the end of this week, the IMF mission will have preliminary talks with the Serbian authorities, and the official

Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has made it clear it would welcome observers for the presidential and local elections on October 23, 2011, if the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe decides to send any.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is set to embark on a nine-day tour in four Balkan countries. Kosovo will be Davutoğlu’s first stop, where he will stay from Aug. 26-28 before heading off to Bosnia and Herzegovina for another

The charges against wartime Bosnian Serb military commander, Ratko Mladic should be split in two trials, according to a request from prosecutors at the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Wednesday.

Serbian Ministry for Kosovo State Secretary Oliver Ivanović said Wednesday that the Serbian government was willing to accept a joint customs form. He pointed out, however, that Serbia would never accept a “Kosovo” customs stamp.