Kaja Kallas

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will travel to Lapland this weekend following an invitation from Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo.

During his stay, Mitsotakis will participate in the North-South Summit, which will commence on Saturday morning, according to the Prime Minister's press office.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday Brussels had put forward a list of Georgians to sanction over a crackdown on pro-Western protesters, but Hungary was set to block the measures.

"We have proposed the list for sanctions for these people who are... using really force and violence against the opposition," Kallas said ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers.

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday she had instructed the bloc's top diplomat for Syria to go to Damascus and make contact with the country's new government.

Speaking to reporters on arrival at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Kallas said the diplomat would go to the Syrian capital on Monday. [Reuters]

BRUSSELS - The future of the Western Balkans is in the EU, European Council President Antonio Costa said in Brussels on Tuesday evening after an informal dinner with Western Balkan leaders, also attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

"Let's work to make it happen," Costa wrote in a post on X.

BRUSSELS - At a Brussels meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O'Brien, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic reiterated Serbia's consistent position of promoting peace and preserving stability and requested strong and unequivocal support from US partners for those efforts.

BRUSSELS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with new EU foreign policy and security chief Kaja Kallas in Brussels on Tuesday, and noted that they had had an "open and difficult" discussion.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday important meetings in Brussels, Zurich and Berne were ahead of him over the next three days.

Speaking to reporters in Belgrade, Vucic said that, among other officials, he would meet with EU foreign policy and security chief Kaja Kallas and European Council President Antonio Costa in Brussels on Tuesday.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Brussels to participate in the NATO foreign ministers meeting scheduled to take place over two days starting Tuesday.

The NATO meeting, held at the alliance's headquarters, will consist of three key sessions addressing pressing global issues.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will be on a one-day visit to Brussels on Tuesday for separate meetings with EU officials, the presidential press office has announced.

The EU's new top diplomat Kaja Kallas and head of the European Council Antonio Costa arrived in Kiev on Sunday in a symbolic show of support for Ukraine on their first day in office.

"We came to give a clear message that we stand with Ukraine, and we continue to give our full support," Costa told media outlets accompanying them on the trip.