EULEX head Xavier Bout de Marnhac has said that the EU mission in Kosovo does not plan to take control over northern Kosovo by force. He however reiterated that the rule of law and more visible presence of international institutions has to be established in the predominantly Serb area.

Slovenian PM Borut Pahor will today arrive here for a one-day visit, and a meeting with his Serbian counterpart Mirko Cvetković. Pahor is also due to meet with President Boris Tadić and Parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović.

Georgia on Monday arrested 20 individuals that are suspected of conspiring to pass secret information to Russia. According to Russian media reports, 20 individuals, all of them Georgians, were arrested by local police forces after they organized and formed a spy network to favor Russia. However, Georgian officials declined to either …