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Serbian Minister for Kosovo: Belgrade insists on UN census

Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says that Belgrade’s stance is that Kosovo institutions cannot conduct a population and property census in Serb enclaves. Priština authorities did not agree to an UN-monitored census south of the Ibar River and the UN only agreed to take census in the northern part …

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Russian PM Vladimir Putin in visit to Serbia

Russian PM Vladimir Putin has arrived in Serbia, and is set to hold meetings with the country’s top officials, focusing on economic cooperation. Vladimir Putin is meeting with Serbia’s President Boris Tadić, PM Mirko Cvetković, and Parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović. 

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Serbia’s chief negotiator on Kosovo says the solution must preserve peace and stability

Belgrade Kosovo talks team head Borko Stefanović says the issue of north Kosovo has to be resolved in a manner which would preserve peace and stability. The north of the province is inhabited predominantly by Serbs who refuse the authority of the Kosovo Albanian government in Priština.

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Stefan Fule to visit Serbia on March 29

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule will visit Belgrade on March 29. He will have talks with the country’s top officials. The visit pertains to the ongoing process of reviewing Serbia’s answers to the EC questionnaire. To that end, EC expert missions have been visiting Belgrade since late February.

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Serbian President says Kosovo solution cannot depend on Kosovo’s independence

A solution for the Serbian-Albanian conflict cannot be a scenario in which Serbia will recognize Kosovo’s independence, said Serbian President Boris Tadić. He believes that the solution must not be such that one side wins everything while the other loses everything.

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EC to deliver opinion on Serbia’s application by mid-October

The head of the EU delegation to Serbia, Vincent Degert, said on Wednesday (March 16th) that the European Commission (EC) will present its opinion on the country’s EU membership application by October 12th. Degert attended a meeting of EU ambassadors in Smederevo. EU expert missions are visiting Belgrade to assess …

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EULEX arrested 8 for 1999 war crimes

The EULEX police arrested on Wednesday in Kosovo eight people, while one was arrested abroad. The operation came in connection with the investigation into war crimes against Kosovo Serbs and Albanians committed in 1999, the EU mission in Kosovo said.

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