Greek Ambassador to Belgrade Dimosthenis Stoidis voiced expectation Thursday that Serbia will become an EU candidate country in December. The ambassador underlined that Greece fully backed Serbia’s EU integration.
Read More »UN says that Kosovo will remain unique customs zone
The plan which was unanimously adopted at the UN Security Council session in 2008 contains six points that refer to the dialogue with Belgrade. The six points refer to police, customs, judiciary, transportation
Read More »Belgrade-Priština dialogue will continue, says Serbian head negotiator
Belgrade negotiating team head Borislav Stefanović said late Wednesday the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština would not stop. He added, however, that it was unlikely the next round of talks would be held on September 28.
Read More »EULEX: Judge to decide on Limaj’s detention
Former Transport Minister Fatmir Limaj handed himself in to District Court of Pristina at a detention hearing at on Thursday. An international judge is soon to decide whether the EULEX arrest warrant for Limaj is to be executed.
Read More »EU will close police mission in Bosnia
Mission to close down by the middle of next year; functions to be handed to EU delegation in Sarajevo. The member states of the European Union have decided to close its 300-member police mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUPM) by the middle of next year. The decision, which has not …
Read More »Bulgaria, Romania were denied Schengen entry until 2013
The Netherlands and Finland have vetoed the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the visa-free Schengen Area at the meeting of the EU Interior Ministers in Brussels today.
Read More »Finland Will Also Block Bulgaria, Romania Schengen Entry – Romanian FM
Finland will follow the Netherlands’ examples and veto Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen accession, Romania’s Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi has revealed after meeting his Dutch and Finnish counterparts. “However, we need consensus and we need a positive vote on behalf of all EU member states,” Baconschi has declared after he met …
Read More »Situation in northern Kosovo is stable
Tuesday night was peacefully in northern Kosovo. Several Serb citizens spent the night at the roadblocks at the
Read More »Serbian PM says the EU membership is the country’s main objective
Serbia’s PM Mirko Cvetković said Wednesday that EU membership was Serbia’s strategic goal and that the government had been working hard on it for years. He added that it would guarantee a better future for all its citizens. Speaking at a business conference entitled Euro Vision, Cvetković
Read More »Croatia received the EU accession treaty
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk officially delivered Croatia’s EU accession treaty text to the head of the Croatian government, prime minister Jadranka Kosor, at a ceremony in Zagreb on the weekend. “The great effort of the Croatians, and your government will pay off in the future. I say
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