BELGRADE -- Hungarian army chief Tibor Benko says the number of Hungarian soldiers in Kosovo and Bosnia would increase as the forces withdraw from Afghanistan.

"We need to set up strong and firm cooperation in the Balkan region because it bears major importance for both sides, which is why the decision has been adopted that the number of troops in Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina should increase simultaneously with the withdrawal of soldiers from Afghanistan," Benko said in Belgrade.

WASHINGTON -- U.S. State Department Office for South Central European Affairs Director Thomas Yazdgerdi says his country is "fully engaged in the Balkans."

BELGRADE -- Serbian Labor Minister Aleksandar Vulin has said that it was Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić who enabled for Vojislav Šešelj to return to Serbia.

Suspended prosecutor of the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, Maria Bamieh says she is under investigation "instead of EULEX".

BELGRADE -- Milivoje Mihajlović says there is "absolute unity in the government" while "the PM will not have a tough job when he looks at his ministers' biannual reports."