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The United States government has donated two unmanned aerial vehicles "RQ-11 Raven" to the Bulgarian Army.

The total price of the drones amounts to USD 3 M, the daily Trud reported. Their primary purpose is for surveillance, but a weapon can also be mounted on them.

Prior to presenting his latest report in the US, the High Representative to Bosnia, Valentin Inzko, raised the issue of new rules on checking residence in Republika Srpska, one Bosnia's two entities.

US Secretary of State John Kerry confirmed on Tuesday that he will visit Cyprus in the coming weeks in a bid to contribute to a new United Nations-mediated effort to reunify the divided island.

SUBOTICA - US Ambassador Michael Kirby presented the Public Health Institute in Subotica, northern Serbia, on Tuesday with new laboratory equipment that will allow testing and certification of local agricultural produce according to European standards.

Albanian police said the four-month investigation was aided by exchanges of information between the office of the prosecutor for serious crimes and US law enforcement agencies.

“Fifteen suspects have been detained while an international warrant has been issued for another one,” the general directorate of police said.

Malik Obama, who runs a charity foundation, on Monday said it was time for the people of the Balkans to turn to one another and cooperate closely to ensure a better life.

In the presence of Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, the Belgian company officially opened its new factory near the capital, Skopje, in its first big investment abroad.

The plant is in fact already operational, employing some 450 workers, and produced over 100 buses for the US market this year.

The leadership of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in Ukraine has begun unification talks the rebel-controlled Luhansk region, its representatives claim.

US Vice-President Joe Biden is to visit Bucharest for talks with Romanian leaders on the volatile situation in Ukraine, among other matters.

President Traian Basescu on Monday said he had invited Biden to Romania, but declined to specify the timing of the visit.

ROME - Serbian female tennis player Bojana Jovanovski was ousted at the onset of the WTA Premier in Rome as she lost the Monday match to Sloane Stephens of the U.S., 2-1 (3-6, 6-3, 6-3).

In the second round of the tournament, Stephens will cross rackets with her compatriot Varvara Lepchenko who beat China's Peng Shuai with the convincing score of 6-1, 6-0.