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The second round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina has led to some progress, although not within the expectations of Serbia. According to the head of the Serbian delegation Borislav Stefanovic there is progress on issues related to the cadastre and birth certificates.

Finland’s President Tarja Halonen has arrived here for a two-day visit and is holding meetings with Serbia’s top officials. She was welcomed with a ceremony in front of the Palace of Serbia, and is meeting with SerbianPresident Boris Tadić. Finland’s President is also to meet Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković …

Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi insists that Kosovo should request that Serbia return of original civil registry books, instead of copies as Belgrade has suggested. “For us, copies of the civil registry books have no value,”

The Serbian authorities have decided to postpone elections for the Bosniak (Muslim) National Council, previously set to take place on April 17. This was announced on Wednesday in Belgrade by Local Administration and Human and Minority Rights Minister Milan Marković.

Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić says that if necessary reforms are not implemented by September, Serbia will wait a year for the beginning for the EU accession negotiations. “Serbia has a huge reform program and now is the time to do things and not go to the elections,“ he pointed …

The Kosovska Mitrovica municipality decided this week to cease cooperation and communication with the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX. The councilors in the majority Serb, northern part of the ethnically divided town said their decision will be valid until the mission begins to act and work

The parliamentary committee on Kosovo urged on Monday (March 28th) that Kosovo Serbs boycott the upcoming population census unless it is conducted by the UN across all of Kosovo. Minister for Kosovo Goran

EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule has started his visit to Belgrade today, where he arrived to discuss Serbia’s EU integration.The EU official will then meet with Interior Minister Ivica Dačić. 

Kosovo and Serbia have said that some progress has been made on issues of cadastre and land registers, as well as energy supply, at the second round of talks in Brussels. “There has been some progress on the cadastre and registers and issues of energy supply (…) and we hope …

Serbian President Boris Tadic will meet with the prime ministers of Slovenia and Croatia in Smederevo on Friday to discuss economic cooperation and international issues. The gathering in the central Serbia town will be the officials’ second trilateral meeting. The first was held in the Slovenian city of Ptuj in …