Macedonia will hold early parliamentary elections on June 5. That is the proposal of the ruling party that would be submitted to the parliament. The country’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski stated earlier that Macedonia has no alternative except for holding early elections. Earlier leader of the opposition Social Democracy Union …

Finland’s President Tarja Halonen has arrived here for a two-day visit and is holding meetings with Serbia’s top officials. She was welcomed with a ceremony in front of the Palace of Serbia, and is meeting with SerbianPresident Boris Tadić. Finland’s President is also to meet Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković …

The U.S. Navy has planned to widen its activities in the Black Sea region by involving 14 countries in its envisaged military training drills this year. Quoting four-star U.S. admiral James Stavridis said that the chief of the U.S. European Command said on March 30 in his testimony in Congress …