Officials of the Serb Radical Party (SRS) proposed to parliament on Monday an urgent adoption of their draft declaration regarding Serbia’s EU bid. The opposition party is suggesting that there should be an end to political talks between Serbia and the EU and NATO, regarding the country’s rapprochement and full …
Read More »NATO extends deadline for barricade removal
Local Serbs in the northern Kosovo towns of Leposavic and Lolasin are reportedly
Read More »EU Commissioner Stefan Fule to visit Serbia
European Enlargement Commissioner Štefan Füle is to arrive on a visit to Belgrade on Friday. He will meet with Serbia’s state leaders, whom he will present with EC’s report, and will discuss the country’s European integration progress.
Read More »Serbia will only benefit from Croatia’s EU entry, says Croatian President
Croatian President Ivo Josipović has said that Serbia could only benefit from Croatia’s EU accession. “Serbia can only benefit from the fact that Croatia will become a member of the European Union in a year and a half, since it
Read More »KFOR takes control of illegal crossing road in Northern Kosovo
NATO peacekeeping troops and EULEX offcers have re-established traffic control on a makeshift bypass road erected near the Kosovo-Serbia border in Jarinje. In a joint operation conducted this morning, peacekeeping troops, known as KFOR, and EULEX officers, set up a vehicle check-point on the bypass road in Jarinje, for vehicles …
Read More »Next round of Pristina-Belgrade talks will not include Norhtern Kosovo
Northern Kosovo will not be discussed between representatives of the Serbian and Kosovo governments at the forthcoming round of EU-mediated talks, Edita Tahiri, Kosovo’s deputy prime minister, told reporters today. Speaking after a morning meeting with Robert Cooper, the EU’s dialogue facilitator, Tahiri expressed
Read More »Belgrade to continue talks with Pristina in 2012
The dialog between Belgrade and Pristina will not continue most probably. The actual negotiations between Kosovo and Serbia will resume in the spring of 2012. The EU mediator Robert Cooper did not manage to persuade Serbia’s chief negotiator Borislav Stefanovic into continuing the talks about telecommunication, energy and regional cooperation.
Read More »EU facilitator Robert Cooper visits Pristina
EU facilitator in the Belgrade-Priština dialogue Robert Cooper will meet with the representatives of the Kosovo Albanian institutions in Priština on Monday. Head of the Kosovo Albanian delegation in the dialogue with Belgrade Edita Tahiri confirmed she will meet with Cooper, who
Read More »French European Affairs Minister sayst that Serbia will certainly join EU
French European Affairs Minister Jean Leonetti says Serbia will certainly become a full-fledged member of the EU and that its membership is not questionable. Pointing out that Serbia has already made significant progress on its EU pathway, the French minister said that “much more effort needs to be made in …
Read More »PACE adopts resolution on Balkans political situation
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) adopted late Thursday a resolution on the political situation in the Balkans. “The PACE urged all the countries of the region to work towards reconciliation and enhancement of dialogue”, head of the Serbian
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