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Slovak FM Mikulas Dzurinda stressed at the meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković that the Slovak government will not consider recognizing Kosovo. He also said that Bratislava supports the initiation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština.

Serbian President Boris Tadić says Serbia can join the EU in 2016 at the earliest, but that it could come a lot later if reforms in are carried out at a slow pace. “The earliest possible date of Serbia’s EU accession is 2016, on condition that negotiations start late in 2011 …

The United States congratulated late on Monday Bosnia and Herzegovina on their general elections and urged the leaders to find a common ground to form the next government.

Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki said Slovenian-Croatian model should be applied in an effort to unblock Macedonia’s integration into the Euro-Atlantic community.

Zeljko Komsic and Nebojsa Radmanovic are likely to win re-election as BiH tripartite presidency members, the State Election Commission (CEC) announced in the early hours of Monday (October 4th) based on early results. Bakir

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov will meet Tuesday with US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton in Washington, DC. The main topics in the discussion will be investments, energy projects and cooperation in the security sphere.

Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said on Sunday (October 3rd) that Bulgaria will meet the criteria to enter the Schengen zone by March 31st 2011. He made this statement upon

Bulgaria and Georgia have joint interest in Nabuco energy project. That is what Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said after a meeting with Georgia’s Prime Minister Nika Gilauri. The two brass officials discussed the energy project. Borisov said that the funding issue must be put on the agenda.

Partial results have been announced in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the race for the country’s presidency and the Serb entity (RS) president. Serb representative Nebojša Radmanović, Bosniak Bakir Izetbegović and Croat Željko Komšić

Serbian Deputy PM Ivica Dačić and Montenegrin Interior Minister Ivan Brajović signed on Monday an agreement on emergency situations. Dačić pointed out that no country in the region has enough capacities to fight natural and