Executive Committee

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says Pristina has not applied for UNESCO membership because they are not certain of sufficient support.

"Their interpretation is that they can file the request at the General Conference itself, because the last time their request passed in the Executive Committee. That's such a mess. Let them try? I'm not provoking anyone," Dacic told RTS.

Turkey condemned operations by Myanmar security officials in Rakhine state which killed hundreds of people. 

Romania's new government is due to pass a confidence vote in the parliament and be sworn in on Thursday - despite criticism that it includes many ministers from the former cabinet that was impeached for its poor performance last week.

The HFSF bank bailout fund may be forced to roll down its shutters on Thursday due to the administrative crisis that has been dogging it since last summer.

In protest at the latest round of pension cuts, a worsening tax status and increased job insecurity, seamen have declared a new 48-hour strike that will keep ships docked until Tuesday.

BALI - The Interpol General Assembly has suspended applications for membership, including from Kosovo, pending completion of a study.

While the study is being carried out, all current and future applications for membership including those from Kosovo, the State of Palestine and the Solomon Islands have been suspended, Interpol said in a statement.

BALI - The Interpol General Assembly has suspended applications for membership, including from Kosovo, pending completion of a study.

While the study is being carried out, all current and future applications for membership including those from Kosovo, the State of Palestine and the Solomon Islands have been suspended, Interpol said in a statement.

BASEL - Kosovo football clubs will be playing in next season's Champions League (CL) and Europa League (EL) qualifications, the Executive Committee of European football's governing body UEFA decided in Basel on Wednesday.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will meet GERB leadership and MPs on Tuesday to decide what course of action the biggest partner in the governing coalition will take after  President Rosen Plevneliev said he would veto disputed changes to the Electoral Code concerning voting abroad.

The Executive Committee of the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies (H.R. Network) issued a statement endorsed by 28 Nobel laureates in support of Turkish academics who have come under fire for signing a petition calling for an end to military operations in southeast Turkey.