Slovakia approved on Wednesday a complete withdrawal of the country’s troops from Kosovo by the end of the year, allowing upped deployment of its forces in Afghanistan, the defence ministry said. “Slovakia will withdraw all 140 troops currently operating in Kosovo by the end of the year,” ministry spokesman Richard …

Greek FM Dimitris Droutsas told the UN General Assembly that a path for beginning of Serbia’s accession negotiations with the EU should be kept open and clear. He pointed out that acceptance of his country’s initiative to have all Balkans countries in the EU by 2014 would contribute to progress …

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze will visit Armenia on October 3-4 to discuss bilateral relations. An agreement on the visit was reached during the meeting of the Armenian and Georgian Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of the 65th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The last visit …