Thursday’s meeting of Macedonian political leaders ended without agreement. After starting late and convening for less than an hour, the leaders came out with no agreement whatsoever on how to end the political gridlock caused by the opposition parliament boycott and a dispute over the date for the forthcoming election.

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Monday (March 21st) that the date of this year’s parliamentary elections will be announced by the end of June, when the country is expected to wrap up its EU accession talks.

The Serbian government will implement all reforms spelled out in its action plan for EU membership by the end of June, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said on Monday (March 21st). He confirmed that roughly