Politicians

Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon and her Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani committed to further cooperation between the two counties in the management of illegal migrations as they met in Ljubljana on 17 March. They said they were in agreement about the need for the issue to be addressed at the EU level.

Also, a warrant was issued for the arrest of the Russian President's Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, the tribunal said in a press release.

French President Emmanuel Macron ordered his prime minister to wield a special constitutional power Thursday that skirts parliament to force through a highly unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a vote.

Albania's opposition Democratic Party, which is riven by factions, will be able to run in the May local elections after all - after the Commission of Sanctions and Complaints, CSC, overturned an earlier decision of the Commissioner of Elections not to let it run.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received the credentials of new Cuban Ambassador to Belgrade Leyde Ernesto Rodriguez Hernandez on Thursday, thanking Cuba for its principled commitment to international law and support for Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The "golden passports" scheme promoted by Albania's government in recent years has been suspended, PM Edi Rama has told the vice president of EU Commission Josep Borrell and Olivér Várhelyi, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.

The presidents of Romania and Bulgaria commented on the incident with the downed American drone. Klaus Iohannis is on an official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of the Bulgarian head of state.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Wednesday in Belgrade with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Washington's special Western Balkans envoy Gabriel Escobar, said a post on the president's buducnostsrbijeav Instagram profile.

BELGRADE - We are grateful to our Chinese friends for their persistent commitment to respect of UN SC Resolution 1244, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic wrote in a post on his avucic Instagram profile on Wednesday, thanking China and its President Xi Jinping for their persevering friendship and support.