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Authorities in the United States have issued recommendations for their citizens traveling to Europe, warning them that there will be an increased terrorist threat during the Christmas and New Year holidays on the continent, FOCUS News Agency quoted.

The United States demanded that Russia shut down its Consulate General in San Francisco and two other diplomatic entities in New York City and Washington, DC by September 2, the US Department of State said in a press release on Thursday.

The US Department of State has approved a potential sale of Patriot air defense systems to Romania worth USD 3.9 billion.

This was announced by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Sputnik reported.

The US Department of State has approved a potential sale of Patriot air defense systems to Romania worth USD 3.9 billion.

This was announced by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Sputnik reported.

The marginalization of "and societal intolerance towards the Romani minority remained the country's most pressing human rights problem", alongside anti-refugee sentiment and deteriorating media environment, the US Department of State says.

The US stance on Kosovo and the Balkans remain the same, says Matthew Palmer, director for South and Central European Affairs at the US Department of State.

Palmer - who was in Belgrade last week - said this in Pristina on Monday after his meeting with Kadri Veseli, president of the Kosovo Assembly, Veseli's cabinet announced in a statement.

The US stance on Kosovo and the Balkans remain the same, says Matthew Palmer, director for South and Central European Affairs at the US Department of State.

BELGRADE - Serbia-US relations rest on solid foundations and are developing in a good direction, Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic and Director for South Central European Affairs at the US Department of State Matthew Palmer agreed on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic and Director for South Central European Affairs at the US Department of State Matthew Palmer on Friday agreed the relations between their countries were good with prospects of further progress, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Macedonian officials have expressed their outrage at comments from United States Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who told an Albanian TV station Macedonia should be divided and its creation was a failed project.

Its territories should be divided between neighboring states, Kosovo and Bulgaria included, Macedonian media quote him as telling Albania's Vizion Plus TV.