Serbia

Minority groups in Serbia are preparing to boycott the country’s census due to disagreements over the ethnicity of data collectors and the language the census forms have been written in. Ethnic Albanians in South Serbia and Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) from the southwestern region

An EU-mediated dialogue process scheduled to take place between representatives of Serbia and Kosovo in Brussels has been postponed after the Serbian delegation demanded a change in the discussion agenda. The seventh round of Belgrade-Pristina talks was due to take place today, covering the subjects of energy, telecommunications and Kosovo’s …

Rasim Ljajic says Serbia should adopt a two-pronged policy towards Kosovo: accepting the ‘reality’ of the loss of the south, while encouraging the Serb-run north to peacefully pursue its campaign for self-determination. In a break with Belgrade’s official line on Kosovo – which is that the whole of the ex-province …

At least six Kosovo Serbs and four NATO troops were injured in clashes at a disputed border crossing on Tuesday, NATO officials and local authorities said. Eyewitnesses said troops from the NATO peacekeeping force KFOR fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd rallying against the removal of a …

By an unusually large majority, Serbia’s parliament has passed two bills that it hopes will help it secure EU candidate status in October. Serbian parliamentarians on Monday adopted bills on public property and restitution of property, the last bills deemed as “musts” if Serbia is to meet the terms for …

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has denied that Putin will visit Belgrade in late October. “Prime Minister Putin is not coming to Belgrade in the end of October,” Peskov pointed out.

KFOR bust a barricade on the road to Jarinje border checkpoint on Tuesday morning, using tear gas. KFOR arrested people who were on the barricades. The barricades of soil and gravel are being removed, too. The NATO staff arrest everyone crossing the border using alternative routes.

The Croatian government will not drop the genocide lawsuit launched against Serbia, Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said in Vukovar on Saturday 24 September. Kosor said that “such a decision can only be passed by the government and the Croatian cabinet will not do this.”

Despite the unwillingness of the authorities in Pristina to discuss the situation in North Kosovo and Jarinje and Brnjak checkpoints in the next round of talks, Serbian officials are set to put the two issues on the agenda of the dialog. It is expected Serbia’s chief negotiator Borislav Stefanovic will …

The new round of negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina are expected to take place in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday. Telecommunications, energy and Kosovo’s participation in regional meetings and initiatives will be up for discussion. The sources refuse to say whether the agenda will include a discussion of the situation …