European Union interior ministers are meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday and Friday to take a decision on Bulgaria and Romania’s accession to the border-free Schengen area. The meeting comes just a day after the non-binding vote of the European Parliament, which voted in favor of allowing
Read More »Tadic belives Holland will ratify SAA
Serbian President Boris Tadić believes the Dutch parliament and countries that have not ratified the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) will do so soon.
Read More »Serbia, Romania sign agreement on readmission
Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić and Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi signed an agreement on readmission in Bucharest on Wednesday. This, said the Serbian Ministry of the Interior, represents one step further in Serbia’s EU integration.
Read More »Kosovo, Serbia Dialogue ‘Can Improve Situation in North’
The head of the EU mission in Kosovo reiterates that political will from Belgrade and Pristina is necessary to improve the situation in the north. Xavier De Marnhac, head of the EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, said recently that he is interested in expanding the rule-of-law in the disputed …
Read More »Bulgaria: we are ready to join Schengen now
Bulgaria’s government, which is struggling to ensure swift entry into the EU border-free Schengen area, has reiterated the country has met all conditions for accession.
Read More »UN court: Mladic has a good health condition
There is no indication that ex-Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic is suffering a terminal illness but he is still undergoing tests in prison, a UN war crimes court spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Read More »Dutch parliament refuses to ratify SAA
The Dutch parliament today decided not to ratify the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) before Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz’s official report. The SAA was signed between theh EU and Serbia in the spring of 2008, and must be confirmed in parliaments of all EU member-states.
Read More »EU has not promised launching accession talks to Serbia
The European Union (EU) has not promised Serbia to launch the accession talks but Belgrade will do its best to achieve this goal, said Serbian President Boris Tadic. “No one has promised a date for launching the accession talks,” Tadic said during the celebration of the 15th anniversary of the …
Read More »Azerbaijani President visits Serbia
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Belgrade on Wednesday for a two-day official visit. The visit comes at the invitation of Serbian President Boris Tadić.
Read More »EP opinion positive for Bulgaria, Romania’s Schengen membership
Bulgaria and Romania have met the necessary technical and legal criteria to join the Schengen area and their accession should be no longer postponed. This is the common opinion of the MEPs during the Tuesday debate in Strasbourg.
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