Geography of Europe

"Nobody's asking Serbia to recognize Kosovo"

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told reporters in Belgrade on Tuesday that "nobody is asking Serbia to recognize Kosovo."

The head of the Montenegrin Bar Association, Zdravko Begovic, said action will be taken against any Montenegrin attorneys taking advantage of the strike by Serbian lawyers to represent suspects before courts in Belgrade.

MONACO - Kosovo has been granted full International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership, the IOC decided in its session held Tuesday in Monaco.

This paves the way for Kosovo to participate in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the IOC said

PRISTINA - As many as 15 years after the Kosovo conflict, there are still no lasting solutions for the return or integration of around 220,000 people displaced outside Kosovo and the 17,000 internally displaced living in Kosovo, shows the latest report of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Kosovo town mayor placed under house arrest

PRIŠTINA -- Stevan Vulovic, mayor of the Zubin Potok municipality in northern Kosovo, was placed under a 30-day house arrest, the Pristina-based electronic media reported.

The Albanian language broadcasters are citing EULEX spokesperson Dragana Nikolic Solomon.

15 years on, "no solution" for Kosovo IDPs - OSCE

PRIŠTINA -- 15 years after the Kosovo conflict there are still no lasting solutions for the return or integration of around 220,000 people "displaced outside Kosovo."

Serbia receives "11 almost impossible conditions"

BELGRADE -- Germany has sent 11 "almost impossible conditions" to Serbia that the country must fulfill in order to open the first chapter in its EU membership negotiations.

By Margarita Pournara

Archaeology buffs experiencing withdrawal symptoms since the information flow from the Amphipolis excavation in northern Greece slowed to a trickle over the past few weeks can always get a quick fix from the Antikythera Shipwreck mission.

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BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Monday with Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Jankovic and invited Slovenian companies to invest in Serbian economy, particularly in agriculture.

LONDON - Great Britain continues to support Serbia's EU path and internal reforms, Serbian Minister of the Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic said Monday after a meeting with David Lidington, Minister of State for Europe at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.