PRISTINA, Kosovo The head of the Islamic Community of Kosovo, ICK, claims that a number of Arab states will recognise Kosovo shortly. “I cannot be certain when, but […] in the remaining part of the year, Kuwait, Qatar, Yemen and Oman will recognise Kosovo’s independence,” Naim Ternava was quoted by …

MACEDONIA UN mediator Matthew Nimetz’s has expressed pessimism regarding the Greek response to his recently proferred proposals for solving the Athens-Skopje naming dispute. So far there is no official information on the content of the Greek response. A brief UN press release on the meeting between Nimetz and Greek representative …

SERBIA Serbian President Boris Tadic says that Serbia will propose a new package of measures dealing with public expenditure and administration cuts in upcoming talks with IMF officials. “We need […] to rearrange public spending,” Tadic acknowledged in comments carried by Fonet news agency. He added that the best policy …