It does not seem realistic that Serbia will get a date for the beginning of the EU accession negotiations, says Serbian Ambassador to Germany Ognjen Pribićević. He has assessed that German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will visit Belgrade on August 23, will not bring an ultimatum to Serbia.

The International Monetary Fund mission will arrive in Belgrade on Thursday to discuss a new precautionary arrangement with Serbia. By the end of this week, the IMF mission will have preliminary talks with the Serbian authorities, and the official

Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has made it clear it would welcome observers for the presidential and local elections on October 23, 2011, if the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe decides to send any.