Holding elections in Mali in July “is going to be difficult but desirable”, given the large number of displaced people and the adverse climate conditions, UN special envoy for the Sahel Romano Prodi told the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee.

UN mediator in the Macedonia-Greece name row, Matthew Nimitz, will meet with the negotiators of the two countries – Zoran Jolevski and Adamandios Vasilakis.

China strongly supports Serbia in all state priorities including the preservation of the territorial integrity, Vuk Jeremic has said. Serbia’s former foreign minister, now UN General Assembly