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"We must enlarge the EU as quickly and as soon as possible. We want to see EU 28, 29, 30. The Western Balkans is a place where tensions can emerge," Peter Szijjarto said on Monday at Londons Chatham House think-tank, "arguing that it shouldnt require another seven years to go though the process," Reuters reported.

The Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) hails the UN General Assembly's resolution on the withdrawal of foreign military forces from the territory of the Republic of Moldova, reads a message on MAE's Twitter account.

During the conversation, Brnabic said that Liberia's decision to withdraw its recognition of Kosovo represented "confirmation that Serbias efforts to preserve stability of the region and reach a compromise solution through dialogue have been recognized."

At the international conference "Messages from the Western Balkans" organized by the European Movement in Serbia, Dittmann said that resolving relations with neighbors, in addition to reforms, modernization and the rule of law, is one of the demands of the European Union towards Serbia.

"I hope that there will be progress with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia because they have reached an agreement with Greece on the name issue," Stoltenberg told France 24, MIA agency is reporting.

13 persons - five in Serbia and eight in Italy - have been arrested on suspicion of selling cocaine across Europe.

According to media report, the investigation took a year.

Among those arrested in Serbia are Milovan Nikolic aka Profa and Jakov Kontic, the gang's suspected leaders. Kontic's former son-in-law is among those arrested in Italy.

A Moscow court has approved the arrest of a Moldovan-born executive of the Russian energy company Inter RAO, for allegedly spying for Romania, Russia's state news agency Tass reported. 

The Small Arms Survey, published on Monday, listed Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosovo among the top 25 countries when it comes to the estimated rate of civilian firearms possession per 100 people.

Montenegro and Serbia shared third place, after the United States and Yemen, the report said.

That is what the ambassador of Germany to Serbia, Axel Dittmann, told Filip Cukanovic and b92.net on Monday in Belgrade.

Dittmann also spoke about the construction of the new German embassy in Belgrade, Germany's defeat in the first game they played at the World Cup in Russia - and revealed when Serbia might be close to joining the EU...

Diplomatic and Balkan experts say the announced solution to the Macedonia-Greece "name" dispute will add to the pressure on the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo to finally solve their own dispute over the former Serbian province's status and future.