Berlin, Belgrade - German Chancellor Angela Merkel announcement that by the end of August she will invite all the countries of the Western Balkans to a conference about their path to the EU, can be interpreted as the willingness of the Germans to take care of the region, partly as a consequence of the Ukrainian crisis, said to Danas Predrag Simic, President of the Forum for International Relations of the European Movement in Serbia. Merkel said last weekend that at such a conference "clearly will be stated" that Berlin wants to support the Western Balkans and to "look to the future together."

Pristina, Belgrade - Serbian List the first day of the official campaign for Kosovo's early parliamentary elections, "frozen" the pre-election activities primarily in northern Kosovo, and then south of the Ibar/Ibër River. Its leaders, President Aleksandar Jablanović and the first candidate on the list Branimir Stojanovic, accuse the Central Election Commission of Kosovo that it violated Kosovo election law by changing the composition of electoral committees and by the manner of distribution of seats, while the mayors of northern Kosovo do not accept the label of the self-proclaimed state of