US and UK diplomats think that Serbian President Boris Tadic could use his authority to be the mediator and influence a positive outcome of the Slovenian referendum for the arbitrary agreement for the border dispute with Croatia, scheduled for June 6, and also for

Serbian President Boris Tadić will next week pay a three-day visit to Greece, his office told Tanjug on Wednesday. Tadić’s visit was also confirmed in Athens. The president will visit Greece from June 1 to 3 at the invitation of his counterpart Karolos Papoulias.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Moldovan counterpart Iurie Leanca will discuss the Dniester settlement and economic cooperation between Moscow and Chisinau, at a meeting in the Russian capital on Thursday.

Pieter Feith, head of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo, believes the International Court of Justice’s ruling on the legality of Kosovo’s independence will be delivered before the end of July.

Romanian President Traian Basescu is on an official visit to Skopje today, where he is meeting with his Macedonian counterpart George Ivanov. Speaking at a joint press conference with Ivanov in the Macedonian capital, Basescu said that Bucharest would accept any solution on the name issue that is reached between …

Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, will join prosecutors from the region for a two-day conference in Brioni, Croatia on cooperation in war crimes prosecution.

The European Commission announced today its adoption of a proposal to lift the visa regime for Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but the two countries must still fulfill remaining benchmarks before their citizens can travel without a visa in the Schengen zone.

Georgia on Wednesday celebrated its Day of Independence with a military parade and the opening of a new memorial monument. “Today, one of the oldest nations is celebrating the Day of Independence and its young sovereignty. This is the most precious day for the freedom-loving nation,” Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili …

The Prime Ministers of Serbia and Slovenia, Mirko Cvetkovic and Borut Pahor, on Wednesday expressed their desire to deal with unresolved issues from their shared past and to focus on the shared future of EU membership for the west Balkan region.

EU foreign ministers, as well as senior officials from the EU, U.S. and Russia will be attending the EU-Western Balkans conference on June 2 in Sarajevo. The information was confirmed by the Bosnia-Herzegovina Foreign Ministry.