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European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Serbia Jelko Kacin has said that “Unregulated relations between Serbia and Kosovo would block European integrations but what is more important, they would put a red flag on Serbia in the eyes of foreign investors”.

Only Greece has the right to use the name Macedonia until a solution to the name issue is found, said Greek MEP Hrisula Paliadeli. Paliadeli is one of the authors of the book called European cartography and politics: The case of Macedonia.

At a ceremony marking nine years after anti-Serb violence in Kosovo, the serbian prime minister reiterated that 19 civilians were killed, 800 injured, 3,870 expelled and that 935 houses and 34 churches were destroyed. “I wish something like this will never happen again and I want Serbia to protect security …

The Turkish and American foreign ministers discussed the developments in Iraq and Cyprus over the phone on March 16. The Kerry-Davutoğlu talk was focused on the developments in Iraq as tension between Iraqi

Stefan Fuele, the European Union commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy, will make an official visit to Belgrade on Monday. The visit comes before the talks that will be hold this week between the Serbian and Kosovo prime ministers.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has arrived in Brussels for a two-day EU leaders summit focused on reviewing economic policy and promoting jobs and growth. The EU leaders meeting will conclude the first phase of the 2013 European Semester. The European

Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has expressed hope that a deal with Serbia regarding his country’s status is within reach. Thaci made the statement on March 14 after meeting in Pristina with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Friday that Pristina is not likely to give in because it has support of the United States, adding that he believes that Serbia would do anything to get a date for the start of the EU accession negotiations. Even though media and Serbian President …

The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Greece Edward Nalbandian and Dimitris Avramopoulos had a meeting in Athens. The two discussed issues related to the bilateral political dialogue, cooperation within international organizations, trade and economic relations, activity of the intergovernmental commission, military cooperation, and the steps towards expansion of cooperation in …

Troika and Greek government have disagreements on payment of credit tranches of second rescue package which is 130 billion euro. The disagreements focus on reducing the number of civil servants, extending the payment period of tax