Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Georgia Thursday not to block Russia’s entry to the World Trade Organization, saying it could help the two countries move toward eventually restoring diplomatic relations.

Serbia will not exchange Kosovo for the EU membership, said Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Affairs Ivica Dacic. “Many people bind in the latest events in Kosovo with the upcoming negotiations and exert pressure on Serbia, but our position is clear – there are red lines, which …

NATO-led mission in Kosovo (KFOR) and Serbian officials late Wednesday reached an accord on disputed border crossings in the north, but the ethnic-Albanian government in Pristina promptly rejected it.