Serbia

Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to continue in February

The dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will continue in the beginning of February. An agreement on Kosovo’s participation in regional forums is expected to be reached in the beginning of next month. The decision should present a compromise between the firm positions of the two countries.

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North Kosovo Serbs don’t agree with Serbian President plan to solve the conflict

Serbian President’s “four-point proposal” to resolve the stalemate in ethnically riven North Kosovo has received the thumbs down from local Serbs and from the nationalist opposition in Serbia. Kosovo Serbs have dismissed Serbian President Boris Tadic’s plan to end the turbulence in Northern Kosovo, saying they rejected a similar plan …

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EU and US appointed ambassadors to Kosovo

Slovenia’s Foreign Minister, Samuel Zbogar, will take over as the EU’s leading envoy in Kosovo, while Washington has named Tracey Ann Jacobson as its new ambassador. The European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, appointed Zbogar, who has

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PACE will analyze report on Serbia

Counicl of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will discuss Wednesday the report on Serbia’s fulfillment of conditions arising from the CoE membership. According to the report, Serbia has met a great number of obligations and achieved considerable progress.

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Serbian IM says a political agreement is needed on Kosovo

Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić met Thursday with Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Rapporteur Bjorn von Sydow. Dačić stressed that when it came to the situation in Kosovo, reaching a political agreement and finding a solution to the problem were necessary as soon as …

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EU starts visa dialogue with Kosovo

The European Commission on Thursday launched its visa liberalisation dialogue with Kosovo, a long-awaited decision hailed by Pristina. The European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmstrom, said in Pristina on Thursday that the EU had set the

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Sebia could extend elections to Kosovo

Belgrade faces a dilemma on whether to include Kosovo in its next round of national and local elections, as Germany has directly asked Serbia to abandon its so-called parallel institutions in Kosovo. Serbia’s Ministry of Public Administration and Local Government is busy preparing electoral rolls. The job must be done

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