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Serbia’s Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday there were many problems with holding the local elections in Kosovo.

The Foreign Minister of Cyprus, Ioannis Kasoulides, met yesterday with Qatar’s Ambassador in Nicosia Hussein bin Ahmed Al Hemaid on the diplomat assuming his duties.

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who is to pay a visit to the U.S. and meet with U.S. President Barack Obama, could meet also with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag is to visit Bulgaria from August 6 to August 8 on the occasion of major Muslim religious holiday Eid ul-Fitr (Ramazan Bayram). Bekir Bozdag will arrive in Bulgaria through the border checkpoint Derekjoi – Malko

Serbia wants to have the best relations with Montenegro, said Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Diacic.

Turkish Premier Erdogan on Saturday met with the leader of Albanian Socialist Party Rama in Istanbul. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on

New talks between Belgrade and Pristina delegations at the expert level continue today and tomorrow in Brussels. The main topic is the preparations for the local elections in Kosovo.

Croatian President Ivo Josipović says the present relations between his country and Serbia are “most burdened by the past.” But he also noted that his first official meeting with his Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolić, expected to take place

The US ambassador to Kosovo has called on local Serbs to show a high turnout at the forthcoming Pristina-run elections in November. Speaking in Serbian in a live interview on Radio Television Kosovo 2 on Thursday, US ambassador

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and National Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev have agreed that there is a real risk of a mightier protest wave in the country in the autumn, after the summer recess of Parliament, if the demands of the demonstrators remain unheard.