EU facilitator in the Belgrade-Priština talks Robert Cooper arrived in Belgrade on Tuesday. He said that a tripartite group, chaired by the EU, would supervise the implementation of any agreement between Belgrade and Priština, adding that all problems that occurred in practice would be resolved by repeated talks. 

The European Commission announced Tuesday the finalization of its plans for financial support for ongoing reforms in in the Western Balkans. The countries included are: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, as well as Kosovo for 2011–2013.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that Eurasian Union will start operating in 2013. He also said that a declaration about the Union should be signed in 2012 and in 2013 it will start to function. The first step will be made by Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, with the three …