Member states of the Council of Europe

Ankara will return the European Parliament (EP) report on Turkey, the European Union affairs minister said. 

"We don't accept the report and will return it," Volkan Bozk?r told reporters on June 10.

The Foreign Ministry also stated that the EP reports is one of the most "unfortunate" decisions taken by the body.

Relations between Serbia and Montenegro have considerably improved compared to the previous period, says Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic.

According to him, "both sides would like to be together in the EU someday."

Serbs in Montenegro are discriminated against but they intend to be persistent in asserting their rights, their representatives told Tomislav Nikolic on Monday.

They organized a reception for the Serbian president after the summit of leaders of the Brdo-Brioni Process in Budva and informed him about the problems they are facing.

Montenegro's annual national report on the weapons trade said the country exported arms worth around 11 million euros over the last year, a rise of 41 per cent in value in comparison to previous years.

The Ministry of Economy report, which BIRN has seen, contains information on each export licence issued, a description of the goods, the number of items involved and the total value.

On World Climate Day on Friday, the SEE SEP network of CSOs from South East Europe, called on the governments of the region to act promptly and put forward ambitious commitments for the upcoming global climate agreement in Paris.

Human rights organizations are saying that Macedonia is "one of the worst countries in Europe for migrants," BBC reported.

According to Doctors Without Borders, at least 300 persons died on their way from Greece to Macedonia, in a bid to reach Northern and Western Europe.

A Greek Foreign Ministry official will travel to Skopje in the next few days to discuss confidence-building measures with the government in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias revealed on Thursday.

The Bulgarian men's national football team climbed four position in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, which was released on Thursday.

At present, Bulgaria occupies 62nd position with 537 points, being between the teams of Peru and Australia.

Thus, Bulgaria improved its performance from last month with five positions and 32 points.

Results of the research MyPlace, published on Wednesday and conducted in two Zagreb neighbourhoods, shows that young people are showing growing dissatisfaction with parliamentary democracy and feel open to more authoritarian alternatives.

Serbia's slain Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic has been posthumously decorated with the Order of the Montenegrin Great Star by President Filip Vujanovic,

Speaking in a ceremony in Belgrade, Vujanovic said that Djindjic was a beacon of democracy who did much for the good relations between Serbia and Montenegro.