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Serbs in northern Kosovo removed a barricade this morning to let through a convoy of Russian humanitarian aid enter northern Kosovo. The barricade was located in front of the Jarnje administrative line checkpoint, in the area that’s part of central Serbia.

As Brussels is encouraging Belgrade to resolve issues with Kosovo in order to get EU candidacy in March, Serbian opposition parties are calling the government to resign. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele has told Belgrade that the European Commission will help Serbia on its integration path in any way it …

Serbia’s former European integration minister Bozidar Djelic, who stepped down on Friday, has raised doubts over whether Belgrade would get EU candidacy status by a new deadline next March. “If you’re asking me if the candidacy status is a sure thing in March, the answer is no,” Djelic said. Djelic …

Serbia’s future is in the EU and it is only for the EU to be able to solve the Kosovo issue, said Serbian President Boris Tadic. In Tadic’s words, the government’s policy towards Kosovo is not rigid but rather winning and his party will run at the elections following this …

Bozidar Djelic, Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, resigned from the post after Brussels delayed the decision over the country’s EU bid. Djelic told reporters in Brussels that Friday’s decision of the European Council to examine Serbia’s candidacy bid in March “was not what Serbia had expected.”

A decision by the European Union on whether to grant Serbia candidate status will be taken by EU foreign ministers in February, EU president Herman Van Rompuy said Friday. 

Bulgaria has stressed its adherence to the principled position of NATO on preserving Kosovo’s territorial integrity, according to the speech of the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov at the annual meeting of the Alliance member states’ top diplomats. “The general principled agreement for the territorial integrity of Kosovo was among …

EU leaders are to postpone a decision to grant Serbia candidate status for the next summit in March, according to the draft conclusions of the European Council leaked overnight. According to the draft conclusions for the summit on Friday, Serbia may obtain EU candidacy in March when EU

Parliament had supported an opposition motion demanding a renewed ban on products from Serbia. Kosovo’s parliament on Wednesday adopted a motion calling on the government to introduce a trade ban with Serbia.

Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz commended Serbia at a UN Security Council session Wednesday for extraditing Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić. However, he demanded a serious investigation into the network of their helpers prior to the arrests.