Kosovo was one of the successes of this round of presidency in the EU block, said the outgoing Slovenia’s leader of the EU presidency, during the ceremonial event of handing over the EU presidency to France.

Romania, as one of the few countries of the European Union that has refused to recognize Kosovo independence, has soften its stance towards practical matters concerning the new nation.

The Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, during an interview at European press stressed that "sooner or later Serbia has to come to terms with the policy mistakes that it has made during a number of decades."

At Srebrenica in 1995 Dutch soldiers in UN blue helmets refused to protect Bosnian refugees who sought shelter in the UN forces' compound and instead handed them over to be murdered by Serb forces even though only a few metres away other inhabitants of what was supposed to be a UN "safe area" were being raped and killed. The family of one of their Bosnian interpreters were refused asylum, along with other UN employees known personally to the soldiers. This Monday in The Hague survivors of the genocidal atrocities perpetrated at Srebrenica will seek to hold the Dutch State accountable for these grave failings in two civil court cases due to be heard before the District Court at Prins Clauslaan 60 at 10 a.m.