Members of the European Parliament adopted on Thursday with great majority a resolution on Serbia that recommends fixing a date for starting talks on Serbia’s EU membership. The MEPs also urged Belgrade to restrain from organizing elections in Kosovo.

Robert Cooper, the EU mediator in the Belgrade dialogue with Pristina commented the recent arrests in Kosovo by urging Belgrade and Pristina to act responsibly. He said that political problems must be solved through dialogue and not through arrests. “The European Union expects from both sides to fulfill the commitments they …

Georgian deputy foreign minister Sergi Kapanadze said that Russia took a more open position in talks held in Geneva over discussions on obligations not to use military force. The last round of the International Conference on the Georgian issue held by the UN, EU and OSCE took place in Geneva …