Kosovo

EU Special Representative in Pristina Samuel Zbogar says he sees no valid reason to further delay the establishment of a special court for war crimes in Kosovo.

The Serbian PM has expressed concern that Serbia's EU membership process remains too focused on relations with Kosovo, not least because of wider security concerns in the region, while warning Belgrade will not accept "impossible solutions".

Mustafa is due to meet Merkel in Berlin at the end of this month - the first official meeting at this level between the two.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov was one of the few EU leaders to attend the official opening ceremony of the First European Games in Azerbaijan on Friday.

Most EU leaders decided to boycott the opening in Baku due to the poor human rights record of the country, which has been accused of gross violations.

Bosnian fighters returning from Syria and Iraq are forming regional militant networks that pose a direct threat to security in the Balkans and beyond, a study warned on June 11.

The loss of all lives in 1999 was a tragedy, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday during a visit to the Montenegrin capital Podgorica.

"I deeply regret everything that happened. I want to express my condolences to the families and all those who lost loved ones in 1999," Stoltenberg told a press conference after meeting Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network's regional media conference, entitled 'Media Freedom Challenges', will be held on Friday June 12, in Sarajevo, where BIRN's directors and media experts will debate the main obstacles to media freedom in the Balkans.

The International Monetary Fund office in Pristina has announced that an agreement has been reached with Kosovo on an economic programme that could be supported by a 22-month Stand-By Arrangement, SBA.

Pristina is threatening to sue Serbia for genocide in order to divert attention from the formation of a special court that would deal with the terrorist KLA.

Veton Surroi's novel "Billionaire," published by Samizdat B92, was promoted in Belgrade's Dom Omladine venue on Monday.

This work of the Albanian journalist and author from Kosovo has been translated to Serbian by Shkelzen Maliqi.