The decision on the EU candidate status will not be vital for Serbia’s fate, Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac has said. He said: “It will not be the end of the world if it is to be postponed once again, because that would not mean that reforms are not being …
Read More »Bosnian Serb ministers reject visas for Kosovars
Serbian ministers in new government quash talk of giving Kosovars right to visit Bosnia. Ministers of Bosnia’s two main Serbian parties, the Alliance
Read More »Bulgaria supports Serbia’s EU integration
Bulgaria declared Thursday its support for granting Serbia an official EU candidate member statute. The country followed in the footsteps of France, Italy and Austria, who made similar moves earlier during the day. The support was voiced by Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov: “Bulgaria endorses Serbia for receiving
Read More »Austria, France and Italy issued joint plea to open the EU door for Serbia
Austria, France and Italy have issued a joint plea to open the EU door to Serbia at a summit next week. In a note Wednesday to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, foreign ministers from the three
Read More »German FM visits Serbia
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Belgrade on Thursday and meet with senior Serbian officials. Westerwelle will discuss the forthcoming decision of the European Council concerning Serbia’s EU membership candidate status and the dialog between Belgrade and Priština. Westerwelle will visit Belgrade on Thursday, where he will meet with …
Read More »Belgrade-Pristina dialogue continues on second day
The Belgrade-Priština dialogue continued Thursday at 10:00 CET. Belgrade team chief Borislav Stefanović has said that he is ready for another day of hard talks. “We will fight till the end to find a solution in the framework of Resolution 1244, the Constitution
Read More »1991 war crimes trial for eastern Croatia continues
Serbian Prosecution Office charged Ljuban Devetak, Milan Devcic, Milan Radojcic, Zeljko Krnjajic, Miodrag Dimitrijevic, Darko Peric, Radovan Vlajkovic, Radisav Josipovic, Jovan Dimitrijevic, Sasa Stojanovic, Dragan Bacic, Zoran Kosijer, Petronije Stevanovic and Aleksandar Nikolaidis for war crimes against 70 civilians
Read More »Serbian President not optimist about EU candidate status
Serbian President Boris Tadić said in Belgrade on Wednesday that he “cannot express optimism” when it comes to Serbia’s chances of being made a candidate for EU membership. The European Union is to announce its decision
Read More »Serbia expects Kosovo agreement soon
The Belgrade-Pristina talks should be continued in Brussels on Wednesday and the main topic should be Kosovo’s regional representation. Serbian government’s Media Office Chief Milivoje Mihajlović has stated that it is realistic to
Read More »Belgrade-Pristina negotiations will continue today
The latest round of the talks between Belgrade and Pristina, which was supposed to kick off yesterday, has been postponed for today. The postponement came as a result of the cancelled flight from Vienna to Brussels, which was supposed to transport the Kosovo negotiating team. The European Commission (EC) said …
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