NATO could speed up its plans to reduce the military presence in Kosovo, said reports this Thursday. The number of KFOR soldiers could go from 15,000 to 5,000 in 2010, announced NATO Allied Commander Europe Admiral James Stavridis.

Serbian President Boris Tadić will be in Cyprus today and tomorrow on an official visit. According to a statement released by the president’s press service, Tadić is scheduled to meet today with Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias and Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus Chrysostomos II.

Greek labor unions will stage a new general strike to protest against the planned reforms to the debt-ridden country’s rickety pension system. The two main public and private sector groups are the organizers of this protest, which is against the announced 15 percent pension cuts and prolonging the years of …