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Spanish Ambassador to Belgrade Inigo Espana has announced official Madrid’s strong support to Serbia’s EU candidacy. As the country which assumed the six-month EU presidency on January 1, Spain thinks that Serbia’s candidacy should be discussed as soon as possible.

Vuk Jeremić opened the two-day Ambassadors’ Conference in the Palace of Serbia on Monday. The guest of honor at the conference was Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who also addressed the gathering. Jeremić said that the priority of Serbia’s foreign policies in the coming year will be the continuation of …

President Boris Tadić said that Serbia’s foreign policy priorities are the EU, the country’s sovereignty, regional cooperation and economic diplomacy. Tadić addressed the Ambassadors’ Conference in Belgrade on Tuesday and said that the success of Serbia’s foreign policies is an articulation of relations with big world powers such as Russia, …

Serbian international law expert Tibor Varadi says the ICJ will “probably consider Croatia’s genocide lawsuit against Serbia and Serbia’s countersuit in the same proceedings”. “I think the most rational and logical thing is to have joint proceedings, because the suits deal with the same period and the same series of …

Albania’s opposition Socialist Party leader Edi Rama made it clear Tuesday that Socialists have no intention of ending the boycott of parliament unless Prime Minister Sali Berisha upholds their demand for vote recount.

Descendants of Macedonian exiles in Turkey recently started showing great interest in obtaining a Macedonian citizenship and respectively Macedonian passports, which become more and more attractive since Turkey is stillunder visa regime in the EU.

Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Tuesday that Serbia is ready to become a mediator between Greece and Macedonia and help them find a name solution. “We are ready to become mediator between Macedonia and Greece and be part of the solution and not part of the problem, like it …

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic will be the first member of Socialist Party of Serbia, SPS, to attend the traditional National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. The press attache to the American Embassy in Belgrade, Brian Stimler, confirmed that a diplomatic A1 visa has been issued to Dacic.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou came to Belgrade on Monday to voice his support for Serbia’s and the Western Balkans’ integration into the EU, citing 2014 as a possible target date. According to the Greek news agency ANA, Papandreou noted that his presence in Belgrade is a signal for an …

Macedonia must meet Greece half way on the name issue if a settlement for the long standing spat is to be found, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said. Athens has already made concessions by accepting a name that would include Macedonia with a geographic determinant, Papandreou said in an interview …