The International Monetary Fund has agreed to provide approximately one billion euros to the 10-billion-euro rescue plan for cash-strapped Cyprus, managing director Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday.

The eighth round of the Kosovo dialogue ended in Brussels late on Tuesday with the two sides unable to reach an agreement. Serbian PM Ivica Dacic addressed reporters in the early hours

An EU spokesman announced that about 250 European instructors began on Tuesday to train Malian soldiers in Mali. “The mission has kicked off this morning as foreseen. The idea is to train