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Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said he met with Fethullah Gülen in person in 2013 in the United States to urge him to stop conspiring against his government and to return to Turkey, in a last call to the self-exiled Islamic scholar. 

BELGRADE - A three-day regional conference on the monitoring of EU guidelines for the support to civil society organizations (CSOs), which started in Belgrade on Tuesday, aims to promote increased citizen involvement in policy making and the participation of CSOs in the EU accession process.

The US ambassador to Albania said his embassy had identified several known criminals among candidates standing in the June local elections.

Civil society members and representatives of international organizations gathered in Pristina on Friday for the launch of "Big Deal: Lost in Stagnation," a report on the implementation of the Brussels Agreement between Kosovo and Serbia.

BRUSSELS - The situation concerning freedom of the media is not good anywhere in the Western Balkans, and in its annual reports reviewing the progress made by candidate countries, the European Commission (EC) will dedicate much attention to the topic, it has been said at a panel discussion on the region's media, held in Brussels.

BELGRADE - A well-regulated security sector is one of the most important elements for good functioning of a country as a whole, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic said opening the conference on security sector management and reform.

European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) President Henri Malosse says the threat of relocating Renaults' car production from Romania is exaggerated; in a press conference at the end of his visit to Romania, he pointed out the infrastructure nevertheless needs a faster improvement.

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Romanian anticorruption expert Laura Stefan, on Thursday was awarded a 2015 Woman of Courage Award by the US Embassy in Bucharest.

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The European Parliament on April 15 urged Turkey to use the centenary of Ottoman-era massacres to "recognise the Armenian genocide" and help promote reconciliation between the two peoples, infuriating Ankara.
 

A pilot scheme is due to begin on Monday whereby the heads of police precincts will hold face-to-face meetings with citizens and civil society representatives to discuss policing matters twice a month.