05 November 2008 Tirana – A visiting EU official in Tirana has described Albania’s EU accession progress as “a half empty, half full glass,” after the publication the latest progress report.

05 November 2008 Belgrade – Serbian officials have expressed hope that Barack Obama’s victory in the United States Presidential Elections will lead to better relations between Washington and Belgrade.

05 November 2008 Pristina – The British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says Kosovo is becoming a better place for all living there and pledged strong commitment to the EU’s new law-and-order mission, EULEX.

05 November 2008 Belgrade – Serbia could receive EU candidate status in 2009, the British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday as he kicked off his one-day visit to Belgrade.

 DAMASCUS, Nov. 5 – Exiled Hamas politburo leader Khaled Meshaal said here on Wednesday that his group is ready to deal with a new U.S. administration led by president-elect Barak Obama.

GAZA, Nov. 5 – A new wave of violence in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday may be out of Israel’s intention to undermine an upcoming Egypt-sponsored Palestinian dialogue aimed to patch up rifts among Palestinian fractions, politicians and analysts said.

NICOSIA, Nov. 5 – Thirteen European parliamentarians will join pro-Palestinian peace activists on their third voyage to the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday, organizers of the trip said in a statement.

GAZA, Nov. 5 – Israeli forces arrested 13 Palestinians in separate raids in the occupied West Bank and in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said on Wednesday.

There have been harsh words for the United States from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, making his first state of the nation address.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Commercial Attaché to Islamabad Ahmad Fasihi stated that during the past six months his country’s exports increased by 11.5 per cent and reached $129 million whereas Pakistan’s export to Iran increased by 69% and amounted to $118 million compared to the same period last year.