Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych on his 60th birthday during a telephone conversation that took place at Moscow’s initiative on Thursday, the Russian presidential press service said.

The Migration Committee of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly considered a resolution providing for the unconditional return of refugees to the territories split from Georgia – Abkhazia and

Slovenia’s government adopted on Thursday guidelines for the country’s activities in the Western Balkans in order to strengthen its activities in the region.