The European Commission on Tuesday for the first time implied that Montenegro probably would not get a date for the start of the accession talks on December 9. The European Council should make a decision on December 9.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the pain of the Caucasus, said the Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, speaking at the Georgian-Armenian business forum. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan also participated in the forum.

Time is running out for Bosnia to agree on changes to the constitution meeting objections from the European Court of Human Rights. A November 30 deadline is fast approaching for Bosnia and Herzegovina to implement a 2009 European Court of Human Rights decision on eligibility for high office.