Balkans

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.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met in Thursday in Priština with Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci. Westerwelle said that the agreement on resolution of the crisis in the north of Kosovo should be implemented by all sides and that the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština ought to be continued as …

The situation in north Kosovo is calming down and the agreement on the north should soon be fully prepared, KFOR Commander Erhard Buhler said on Wednesday. After a meeting with UNMIK Regional Representative Anil Vasisht, Buhler said that a number of points of the agreement for the north had already …

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

Serbians started removing barricades in North Kosovo. Trucks and heavy mechanization was removed last night from the road to Yarine border checkpoint. Mayor of Leposavic Municipality Brznko Ninic stated that removal of barricades is part of the agreement reached between Serbia and KFOR.

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Bulgaria in September 2011. Erdogan will hold talks with Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, President Georgi Purvanov and other top officials, the reports said. On the agenda will be bilateral relations and the Nabucco energy project.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has called on the EU, NATO and the UN to prevent Priština from taking control over parts where Serbs are the majority by force. “Unfortunately, it is very likely that despite the agreement on refraining from military from August 5, Priština might

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”.