The charges against Ratko Mladić are strong and the prosecution is working to expedite proceedings against him, said Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. Brammertz pointed out the Prosecutor’s Office would do everything to prove Mladić’s individual accountability for numerous crimes.

Armenian Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan met with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia Celeste Wallander on June 27 to discuss defense cooperation between Armenia and the United States.

Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul has postponed his visit to neighboring Bulgaria, initially scheduled for July 3 and 4, for a week later, due to the opening of his country’s first new Parliamentary session. Besides his Bulgarian visit, the Turkish President has also postponed his upcoming trip to Montenegro.

The Greek parliament will this afternoon begin debating the new austerity package that has been demanded by EU leaders. The Greek parliament will this afternoon begin debating a new package of tax increases and spending cuts which, if passed, will guarantee renewed funding from the European Union and IMF.

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will pay a working visit to Georgia. Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia Nino Kalandadze praised active Armenia-Georgia relations, noting that bilateral and multilateral relations with be discussed during Nalbandian’s return visit.

Enlargement Commissioner tells PM in Brussels to speed up reforms and work on solving ‘name’ row with Greece. Macedonia’s new government has to continue making progress on necessary reforms, or it

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of Moldova, Eugen Carpov, said that “Chisinau stands for faster resumption of official negotiations on Transnistrian conflict settlement in the 5+2 format with no preconditions” at a briefing in Chisinau on Thursday on the Moscow 5+2 format consultations of June 21.

Serbian Human and Minority Rights Minister Milan Marković has said that elections for the Bosniak National Council will need to be held by the end of the year. “This is a national interest and a need of the Bosniak community and it would be best if this issue

Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić says he did not hear from EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule that a new condition for EU accession was to recognize Kosovo as independent. The minister met with Fule in Brussels on Thursday.

Turkey has welcomed the re-election of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to lead the world’s largest body until 2016. The UN General Assembly voted unanimously on Tuesday to give Ban a second term as UN chief.