Erato Markoulli, Cyprus newly-appointed foreign minister, is expected in Athens Thursday for her first official visit to Greece. She is set to have talks with her counterpart Stavros Lambrinidis who is just back from an official visit to Denmark. Markoulli is also expected to hold meetings with leaders or representatives …

Serbia is expected to sign a new stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary Fund, according to Serbian economics minister Nebojsa Ciric. The minister said that the government would continue to discuss

Belgrade team head Borislav Stefanović has stated that the crisis in north Kosovo is over. He stressed that it was unacceptable to allow Priština to establish its institutions in the north, or to have the state of Serbia ousted from Kosovo.