The talks had been suspended because of political turmoil over a new constitution, which was approved by a referendum last week.
In a referendum last week, Serbia's voters overwhelmingly rejected foreign mediation.
Mr Salmond's speech came after legislation on the arrangements for holding the referendum was this week introduced to the Scottish Parliament.
The Greek prime minister, more concerned with his own political survival than the economic stability of the world, has taken the psychotic step of calling for an austerity referendum less than a week after agreeing to the EU rescue plan that was so hard for the rest of the continent to achieve.
An unwise question from the audience about the Danes being great again after last week's referendum brought Mr Maude's wit to the fore.
This week's referendum takes place in accordance with the US-brokered Comprehensive Peace Treaty between the Khartoum government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement signed on January 9, 2005.
The results of the referendum are expected later this week.
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We know from many polls that a vast majority of people want this referendum, we learn next week how many of the MPs have the courage to support their constituents.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Voters in Diyala province -- the district north of Baghdad with a majority Sunni Arab population -- are backing the country's draft constitution, according to early figures released from last week's referendum on the law.
Jersey politicians have decided not to set a minimum turnout threshold for next week's reform referendum result.
It would be foolish, even a mere week ahead of a referendum such as this, to predict the outcome.
One, discussed by Mr Samak's cabinet this week, is a referendum on whether the public supports the government or the PAD.
Of the 35 local authorities which have expressed interest in principle, the one closest to doing anything is Edinburgh, which this week started a postal referendum on introducing a two-tier scheme covering both commuters into the city and traffic in its historic centre.
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Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, said this week that he plans a referendum on the question after the next election (see article).
In addition, North Dakota's Republican-dominated legislature last week set up a voter referendum for November 2014 which seeks to amend the state constitution to define life as beginning at conception.
The referendum itself is preceded by a 16-week formal campaign period, during which limits will apply to the amount of money registered campaigners can spend, to ensure a level playing field for both sides of the debate.
In their amendment, the MPs state that they "respectfully regret that an EU referendum bill was not included" in last week's the Queen's Speech, which lays out the government's legislative plans for the year ahead.
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At this time more than ever -- in the week that Cameron has promised Britain a referendum on its EU membership -- Europe's future depends on Franco-German unity of purpose and action.
Mr Nazarbayev, who has led Kazakhstan for 20 years, said last week he did not support plans for the referendum.
This week's state election will also be a referendum on Chancellor Merkel's handling of the Euro crisis.
The prime minister has said he will meet Scottish First Secretary Alex Salmond next week to try to reach a deal on a referendum on Scottish independence, to be held before the end of 2014.
And has this week made the government any likelier to win an eventual referendum?
An agreement was signed last week to deliver a legally binding, single-question referendum in 2014.
The planned referendum threatens to unravel a deal reached at a EU summit last week aimed at resolving the euro debt crisis.
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Prime Minister David Cameron hinted last week that he might be ready to call an EU referendum after the 2015 general election, saying that the coming years would see "opportunities for a new settlement between Britain and Europe" which would require "fresh consent from the British people".
Last week, I wrote about the uncertainty surrounding the post-referendum investment environment in Sudan, and promised to update the blog with any new information.
His comments were echoed by Education Secretary Michael Gove, who last week said he would vote to leave the European Union if a referendum was held now.
His victory this week may make him believe he can afford the risk of losing a referendum.
By then war with Iraq may have intervened, but even that, Mr Straw insisted this week, would not be enough to deflect the holding of a euro referendum.
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