Josep Borell

BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borell says visa liberalisation for the so-called Kosovo is a historic EU decision bringing significant benefits to both the so-called Kosovo and the EU.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Friday Pristina PM Albin Kurti's statement that Kosovo-Metohija Serbs and Srpska lista must "suffer and pay" was very dangerous and that the threat demonstrated the true nature of Kurti's regime.

MUNICH - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who has arrived in Munich for the 59th Munich Security Conference, said a hectic day full of surprises was ahead of him but that he believed he would succeed in a fight for Serbian interests and be able to announce good news on Kosovo-Metohija during the day or in seven days.

Dmitry Medvedev reacted to the statements of the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borell, that the West would give a "powerful military response" in the event of the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

The European Union and Iran agreed on Saturday to resume negotiations in Vienna in the coming days over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers.

The agreement could help relieve tensions after the talks stalled for months, while Iran enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels under decreasing international oversight.

All kinds of embargoes, both covert and overt, against arms sales to Ukraine must fall, because the country must be able to defend itself against the Russian threat.

This was stated in the European Parliament in Strasbourg by Ukrainian MP Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze - former Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration.

Turkey's foreign minister on May 15 spoke to his Sudanese counterpart and the EU foreign policy chief about the situation in Palestine.

In separate phone calls with Mariam al-Mahdi and Josep Borell, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu discussed the latest developments in Palestine and steps to be taken in the international arena, according to diplomatic sources.

"In the coming weeks, following the joint hard work of the forensic team, more families will be able to close a very dark chapter in their lives," Fabien Bourdier of the International Committee of the Red Cross said in early December.

Amid a row in Bosnia over whether aid was being sent to the country on a selective basis, Hungary on Thursday sent a plane load of 200,000 masks and 10,000 protective suits.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva will participate today in Brussels at the Foreign Affairs Council, called extraordinary because of the escalation of tensions in Iraq and Libya. This was reported by the MFA.