Serbian prime minister Ivica Dacic said his government would continue negotiations with Kosovo with or without the European mediation. Serbia is determined to solve its problems with the government of

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay an official visit to Turkey on Wednesday, April 17. During this visit he will meet with the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The two sides will discuss discuss and analyze the problems of the region.

Skopje will not get a start date for negotiations for entry into the European Union, on account of the unresolved name problem with the country, according to diplomats in Brussels. A date was expected to be announced in June, but according