Macedonian leadership should focus on the reward and that’s a solid future within NATO and EU, US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg told Voice of America. Commenting the name dispute with Greece, Steinberg said the United States would fully support courageous decision-making by the Macedonian leadership.

A leading western envoy in Pristina believes the ruling of the International Court of Justice on the legality of Kosovo’s independence will lead to a surge in new recognitions. While Pieter Feith, who is EU Special Representative and head of the International Civilian Office, said

Bosnian authorities have begun excavating a new mass grave discovered in eastern Bosnia and believed to contain the remains of Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) civilians killed by Serb forces during the 1992-95 war.