The European Union should approve Serbia as a candidate to the bloc at its December summit, the head of the European parliament said Tuesday. “In December we should decide on Serbia as a candidate country to give them a signal that we are
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Kosovo dialogue reached an agreement on education
The latest round of the Belgrade-Priština dialog should be continued in Brussels on Tuesday, with talks on administrative line crossing in northern Kosovo. On the first day of the new round of talks yesterday, Belgrade and Priština reached an
Read More »Serbian Interior Minister says the country can survive without EU
Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić says Serbia should not recognize the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo “even if this means not joining the EU”. “If the price is for Serbia to give up Kosovo to gain membership
Read More »Germany not willing to make compromise on Serbia’s EU accession
Germany does not plan to make a compromise about Serbia’s European integration. Berlin thinks Serbia has to meet all necessary criteria to obtain an EU candidate country status, despite some countries’ call that Belgrade should be awarded. The German diplomacy expects a resumption of the dialog with Pristina and application …
Read More »Turkey says it can be EU’s growth engine
Turkey offers the EU more than just security, says the president on the eve of his UK visit and the EU minister adds: ‘Today’s Turkey is much better than yesterday’s.’ Turkish President Abdullah Gül said Turkey could offer the EU more than security assistance with its growing energy resources, population
Read More »Turkey completes Baku-Tbilisi-Kars tunnel
Turkey has completed construction of a tunnel to Georgian border within Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project. At present, the operations are underway to complete the project on the Turkish territory.
Read More »EU hails end of political deadlock in Albania
The EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule on Thursday welcomed the apparent end of a two-year political stalemate in Albania, after parliament approved two laws that required cross-party consensus.
Read More »New government of Greece secures confidence vote
Greece’s new coalition government headed by Prime Minister Lukas Papademos secured enough votes to win the confidence vote in the country’s parliament on Wednesday. A total of 255 lawmakers in the country’s 300-member parliament voted in favor of the new government that was formed last week by the majority Socialists, …
Read More »Belgrade chief negotiator will meet with Kosovo Serbs representatives
Belgrade team chief Borislav Stefanović will meet with northern Kosovo Serb representatives on Thursday. They will discuss the next round of the Belgrade-Priština talks
Read More »EU reaffirms commitment to South Caucasus region
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Commission Vice-President Catherine Ashton visits South Caucasus this week to reaffirm the strong commitment of the European Union to the region. She started
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