Macedonia

By Yiannis Papadoyiannis

Neighboring countries have effectively quarantined Greece in a bid to minimize the consequences on their credit systems in case of a Greek ?accident.?

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is due to begin a five-day visit to the US on Monday, April 20.

He will begin his trip by meeting Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington, where he will also hold talks with National Security Adviser Susan Rice.

BELGRADE - European integration is a significant contribution to strengthening regional cooperation, promotion of good neighborly relations and mutual respect, delegations of foreign affairs committees of the parliaments of southeastern European countries agreed during a meeting Thursday.

BELGRADE - Kosovo Minister of Foreign Affairs Hasim Taci confirmed his visit to Belgrade to attend the conference on European integration of the Western Balkans due to take place from April 23 to 25, the Youth Education Committee released as the organiser.

PRESEVO - Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic-Boskovic met with businessmen and representatives of the southern Serbian municipalities of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac on Wednesday.

Bogosavljevic-Boskovic told Tanjug that the businessmen were seeking to start production at once very productive slaughterhouse Jugokop.

PRISTINA - Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) is the top source of fighters in conflicts in Syria, Iraq and other Islamic states with 125 fighters per million citizens, and it is followed by Bosnia-Herzegovina with 85 persons, shows a report by the Kosovo Center for Security Studies (KCSS).

HRW accuses Serbian police of mistreating migrants

BELGRADE -- The police in Serbia "mistreat and insult migrants and asylum seekers," Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.

They were also denied protection and thrown out of the country, the NGO added and urged authorities in Belgrade to "conduct an investigation and brings those responsible to justice."

Greece, Macedonia, Sergia, Hungary and Austria might be included into the route of the so-called "Turkish Stream" pipeline project, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has said.

Novak explained in an interview with Rossiya-24 TV channel on Tuesday that Moscow is leading active talks with countries where infrastructure for the gas pipeline could be laid.

A Human Rights Watch report on the treatment of migrants and asylum seekers in Serbia states border police have been threatening, beating, insulting and extorting money and valuables from migrants and asylum-seekers.

Turkish Stream "could be extended to Austria"

MOSCOW -- Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak said on Tuesday that the planned Turkish stream pipeline "could be extended all the way to Austria."

This would happen via Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, and Hungary, he explained.