Serbia

Head of the European Commission (EC) mission to Serbia Ambassador Vincent Degert on Saturday urged Belgrade to shoulder its responsibilities as partner to the EU in solving the political standoff in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton announced on Friday (May 6th) that Italian diplomat Fernando Gentilini will be the bloc’s special envoy to Kosovo for the next three months. The EU plans to boost its positions in Kosovo by having a single representative to the country instead of the current …

Serbian and Hungarian presidents Boris Tadić and Pal Schmitt pointed out the importance of integrating South East Europe into the EU as they meet in Belgrade. They also affirmed Hungary’s continued support to Serbia’s EU integration efforts.

Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Vincent Degert has stated that Serbia’s visa liberalization could be temporarily suspended due to false asylum seekers. He added that the discussion had only recently started.

EU facilitator in the talks between Kosovo and Serbia Robert Cooper presented a proposal Wednesday (May 4th) in Pristina for the solution of issues discussed in the dialogue so far. The possible framework of the agreement

Serbian President Boris Tadić has said that he is against imposing any solution on Bosnia-Herzegovina and “suspension of certain politicians”. He has also assessed that speculations that some politicians could be excluded from political life over a referendum called in Bosnia’s Serb entity, the Serb Republic, RS, were “dangerous”.

Hungarian President Pal Schmitt is to pay a two-day visit to Serbia on Thursday. He is scheduled to meet with the Serbian state leaders and officials of Vojvodina. Besides the capital Belgrade and the northern city of Novi Sad, the Hungarian president will visit also the northern city of Subotica.

The UN war crimes tribunal (ICTY) has turned down a motion for acquittal filed by Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj. In its ruling on Wednesday (May 4th), the court determined there are no grounds for halting the trial and releasing the defendant, as the prosecutors presented sufficient evidence for …

Head of the Belgrade negotiating team Borislav Stefanović has said he intends to visit Priština mid-May, ahead of the fourth round of the negotiations. He said that he wanted to go to Priština to meet with members of the other team and explain to the Kosovo Albanians the Belgrade view …

The trial of a former Hungarian military officer accused of crimes against civilians in the Serbian town of Novi Sad in 1942 will open on Thursday in Budapest, media reported on Monday (May 2nd). Serbia’s war crimes