The International Monetary Fund mission will arrive in Belgrade on Thursday to discuss a new precautionary arrangement with Serbia. By the end of this week, the IMF mission will have preliminary talks with the Serbian authorities, and the official

Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has made it clear it would welcome observers for the presidential and local elections on October 23, 2011, if the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe decides to send any.

The retrial of former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj for war crimes begins today in The Hague. Ramush Haradinaj, Lahi Ibrahimaj and Idriz Balaj were returned to the International Criminal Tribunal