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Alternate Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas will pay visit to Belgrade on Friday in order to promote Greece’s initiative to reestablish talks between Belgrade and Pristina.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic on Thursday discussed the Kosovo issue and Serbia’s recent resolution on the topic, which it submitted to the UN General Assembly in New York earlier this week.

Former BiH presidency member Ejup Ganic arrived in Sarajevo on Wednesday, a day after winning an extradition battle in the UK. A court in London rejected Serbia’s extradition request, ruling that charges

President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu met on Wednesday (July 28th) as part of ongoing talks to reunify the divided island. The two officials discussed the issue of property, involving numerous complex claims between the two sides concerning property seized decades ago. The UN Secretary-General’s special adviser …

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci urged the five EU member states, which have not yet recognized Kosovo’s independence to do so. Tachi explained that after the ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, he expected that the EU would have a unified position on this issue. Thaci …

The Serbian mission at the United Nations today submitted Belgrade’s draft resolution on Kosovo to the UN General Assembly. The draft proposes that this body should adopt conclusions, related to the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion in the Kosovo case.

Ukraine will not recognize Kosovo’s independence. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry declared that the ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague will not change Kiev’s position on Kosovo. According to ministry’s spokesperson, Ukraine backs the principles of territorial integrity of all countries within internationally recognized borders.

Republic of Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik has stated that the the Bosnian Serb entity “will never abandon defending Serbia’s position on Kosovo”. He also said he would support Serbia “even when it makes mistakes”, but that he believes the going before the United Nations General Assembly will not have …

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci called on all EU member-states to recognize his nation after the International Court of Justice ruled the Kosovo’s 2008 independence declaration did not violate international law.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Albania Ilir Meta will pay official visit to Macedonia on Wednesday, Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.