Kosovo

Belgrade and Pristina fail to reach agreement on energy

BRUSSELS -- Marko Djuric announced after the talks with Pristina's delegation in Brussels late on Monday that no agreement on energy had been reached.

According to the director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija, this happened because "Pristina refused to meet the obligations assumed earlier."

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will convene the Security Council at the Council of Ministers over tensions in Macedonia after Saturday's deadly clashes between police and an armed group in Kumanovo.

Borisov noted Tuesday that security services kept informing about risks for Bulgaria, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday expressed alarm over the recent deadly clashes in Macedonia and called on the authorities in Skopje "to fully investigate the events in an objective and transparent manner".

Serbia in April warned Macedonia what is coming

The Military Security Agency (VBA) chief says Serbian security services had warned their Macedonian colleagues in April about a possible "attack" there.

Kosovo's president and prime minister, Atifete Jahjaga and Isa Mustafa, expressed deep concern on Monday about the involvement of Kosovo citizens in gun battles with police in the Macedonian town of Kumanovo at the weekend.

Jahjaga and Mustafa said in a joint statement the violence was intended "to destabilise Kosovo and neighbouring countries by challenging peace and safety".

EU is concerned about situation in Macedonia - commissioner

BRUSSELS -- EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn on Monday "reiterated that everyone in the European Union is concerned about the situation in Macedonia."

He repeated his call to political actors to work together to overcome the crisis.

French humanitarian receives Serbian citizenship

BELGRADE -- Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic on Monday presented French humanitarian Arnaud Gouillon with the citizenship of the Republic of Serbia.

The ceremony was held at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade.

FYROM looks like a battlefield, with Kumanovo’s albanian neighborhood being the focal point, after the clashes over the weekend between armed Albanians and government forces, over which 22 people lost their lives.

"Greater Albania has some support from West"

BELGRADE -- The military security agency (VBA) chief says Serbian security services had warned their Macedonian colleagues in April about a possible "attack" there.

NATO and the EU called for a return to calm in Macedonia May 10 after clashes between police and an armed group left at least 22 people dead, raising concerns about presumed ethnic-Albanian unrest in the Balkan region.