Serb leaders in northern Kosovo say their preparations for a referendum later this month on the territory’s Albanian-dominated institutions are advancing despite heavy snow and freezing temperatures. Residents of the Serb-dominated north oppose Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence

Batumi will host a two-day meeting of Georgian Central Election Commission’s (CEC) leadership with delegations of representatives of Eastern Europe and Central Asian countries’ election administrations on Feb.9.

The Serbian government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will wrap up talks on the first review of the current precautionary arrangement on Thursday. The meeting will not be followed by a press conference, but