Ukraine and the European Union are not likely to sign the Association Agreement during the November 22 summit, the European Commission’s spokeswoman, Angela Filote said. She said that the parties had already agreed that they need another year to complete the agreement.

Romania is to sign a new deal with the IMF in a bid to deal with its economic problems, Romanian President Traian Basescu has said. Basescu said at a parliamentary meeting on Tuesday he said the agreement will be signed next March after the current one expires.

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has been received by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York City. The meeting took place after the opening of the UN General Assembly summit on the Millenium Development Goals.

United Nations observers did not record any cases of Bosnian forces opening artillery fire in 1993 and 1994 during the conflict in Sarajevo, a prosecution witness has told the court trying Radovan Karadzic.

US Vice President Joe Biden met late on Tuesday with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to discuss the situation in Kosovo and the Middle East. The White House said in a statement that this meeting was “part of the Administrations frequent consultations with our European allies on our shared agenda …

Bosnian Police arrested two people Monday (September 20th) suspected of committing war crimes against Serbian civilians and prisoners of war. Galib. H, 63, was detained in Brcko while Nijaz H, 50, was arrested in Sarajevo. The two were allegedly involved in crimes committed near Brcko, in September 1992.

The issue of northern Kosovo cannot be solved through violence, KFOR Commander Erhard Buhler said on Monday (September 20th). NATO peacekeepers want actions, not words, Buhler told a press conference in

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has met Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to discuss future talks between Belgrade and Pristina. The two met at the United Nations headquarters in New York to explore ‘interstate cooperation between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of …

After meeting Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas, UN mediator Matthew Nimetz said that the relations between the two countries have come at a different level than before, but now is not the time for a final proposal.

The Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia, IVZ, is urging the government and international community to help it counter the growth of radical Islam in the country’s mosques.