US Vice-President Joseph Biden arrived in Belgrade at 10am local time, on the second leg of his three-day Balkan tour. Biden arrived in Air Force 2, escorted by a squadron of Serbian Army MIG fighters, the BETA news agency reported. 

Mustafa Ceric, the head of the Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina, appealed Tuesday to Belgrade to take greater responsibility in ensuring that human rights are guaranteed for all citizens. At a central gathering in Novi Pazar he said human and religious rights of Muslims in Serbia are being violated and emphasised …

Moldova’s government accused Romania on Tuesday of wanting to annex the country and called on the EU to mediate in order to rein in Bucharest’s “aggressive policy”. “Since Moldova’s declaration of independence, Romanian leaders have spoken more than once without ambiguity about the inevitable absorption of Moldova by Romania…, the …