Serbia is expected to sign a new stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary Fund, according to Serbian economics minister Nebojsa Ciric. The minister said that the government would continue to discuss

Belgrade team head Borislav Stefanović has stated that the crisis in north Kosovo is over. He stressed that it was unacceptable to allow Priština to establish its institutions in the north, or to have the state of Serbia ousted from Kosovo.

Montenegrin Prime Minister Igor Luksic will speak to opposition parties about election reform, following seven failed attempts to pass a law over the past months. “In the coming days I will initiate political consultations with representatives of the opposition on the topic of European integration in an attempt to reach …

Urmas Paet, Estonia’s foreign minister, has begun a two-day visit to Belgrade to discuss the country’s prospects for EU integration. Paet is expected to hold meetings with Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic, Economy

Foreign ministers of Germany and the UK, Guido Westerwelle and William Hague, have warned that Serbia and Kosovo will miss an “historic opportunity” unless “they find a diplomatic solution to their differences”. 

Belgrade Kosovo talks team chief Borislav Stefanović expects that the dialogue with the Kosovo Albanian representatives to resume in Brussels on September 5. The issue of customs stamps will be discussed at that meeting, said Stefanović.

Egypt’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr is going to make his first visit abroad to Turkey to discuss developments in the region and bilateral relations. The foreign minister is scheduled to

Kosovo authorities plan to cease the dialog with Serbia and blame Belgrade for it, said Milivoje Mihajlovic, director of the press office of the Serbian government.

Dialog between Serbia and Kosovo will continue, said Kosovar Deputy Prime Minister and Chief Negotiator with Serbia Edita Tahiri. “We are scheduled to meet in the beginning of September. And we will continue to discuss, and maybe agree on several issues. The first is custom stamps. By agreeing on custom …

Albania’s ministry of foreign affairs has called for renewed dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade after a Kosovo policeman died in clashes with ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo on Tuesday.