Miroslav Lajcak

Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak has said the fact no chapters have yet been opened in Serbia's membership talks does not help EU's credibility.

BRATISLAVA - Slovakian Finance Minister Peter Kazimir said he expects that as Serbia's accession process vis-?-vis the European Union progresses the Serbian business presence will be more felt in Slovakia.

BRATISLAVA- Serbia strives to be one of the leaders in reforms today, as Slovakia was in South East Europe at the beginning of the millennium, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday.

Still unclear if ex-FM will run for top UN job

BELGRADE -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's second mandate will end next year, and his successor will be elected in the summer of 2016.

For now, it is known that the next UN chief will come from an Eastern European country.

"Positive signals from EU as soon as possible"

BRATISLAVA -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic conferred on Thursday with Slovak President Andrej Kiska as he started his visit to Slovakia.

Kiska "welcomed the efforts Serbia is investing on its EU path, noting that the most important matter now is to receive positive signals from the EU as soon as possible."

European Union (EU) leaders are unlikely to reach an agreement on the prolongation of economic sanctions against Russia at their forthcoming summit next week.

The current sanctions, which are expiring in July, are not likely to be extended as long as the Minsk ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is observed, EurActiv reports.

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov on Thursday discussed Eastring, a new Slovak proposal for diversifying gas supply infrastructure in Europe, with Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Mitov arrived on an official visit to Slovakia on Thursday at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak.

Croatia's FM says she could run for top UN job

ZAGREB -- Croatia's Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic has announced the possibility of running for the office of secretary-general of the United Nations.

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov arrived Thursday on an official visit to Slovakia at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak.

BELGRADE - Slovakia's Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak has said that the judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the mutual genocide lawsuits filed by Croatia and Serbia is a good opportunity for overcoming the past and turning to a common European future.