Serbia

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military leader, has threatened he would not attend the plea hearing on Monday, demanding to be able to choose his own lawyers. He wants to be represented by Belgrade-based attorney Milos Salic and another Russian lawyer, but

A new round of negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina, expected on Saturday, may result in agreements on greater freedom of movement between the two estranged countries. The fifth round of Belgrade-Pristina talks is likely to result in closure of a chapter on freedom of movement between the two peoples.

Serbia is continuing to demand that the UN Security Council establish its own independent investigation into human organ-trafficking in the Kosovo war. Serbia will “continue asking the Security Council to adopt a decision enabling the organization

Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić welcomed the decision of the Dutch Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee to initiate the process of ratification of SAA between Serbia and the EU. The move is very important for Serbia’s negotiations with the EU, the Serbian deputy PM in charge of EU integration said on …

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has told Serbian President Boris Tadic that Belgrade can rely on Bulgaria’s support for starting and holding EU accession negotiations. The two officials talked on Thursday during a summit of Southeast European Cooperation Process on the Montenegrin island of Sveti Stefan. “This support is extremely …

The Dutch parliament’s European Affairs Committee approved the ratification of Serbia’s Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU. This is according to MP Henk Jan Ormel.

The new round of talks between Belgrade and Priština on technical issues will take place in Brussels on July 2. The two delegations are expected to reach agreement on some of the issues that have been opened during the talks, primarily on the freedom of movement, the cadastre and registry …

Italy’s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini believes Serbia should get the EU candidate status and a date for the start of accession negotiations by year’s end. He said that Italy was one of the countries that strongly supported the EU integration of the Western Balkans and Serbia. 

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic has said that Montenegro and Serbia should be the two closest countries – not only in the region, but in the whole world. “We keep forgetting that brother nations [Serbia and Montenegro] sometimes have different interests and move away from one another, but with a commitment …

Serbian President Boris Tadić says that Serbia expects the candidate status for EU membership and, shortly thereafter, the start of accession negotiations. At the same time, said he, the country “will not change its stance on not recognizing the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo”.