Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo formed their own parliament on Thursday in a show of challenges against the deal by the European Union forcing Serbia to normalize relations with Kosovo.

Croatia plans to open embassy in Azerbaijan, the delegation led by Speaker of Croatian Parliament Josip Leko said. 

International Centre for Research on Conflict and Negotiation held in Istanbul the next round of Russian-Georgian negotiations. 11 experts from Georgia and Russia came together for the tenth round of negotiations. The basis of these meetings was founded after the 2008 war, the center told Trend on Friday.