Serbia

Serbia hopes to receive EU candidate status in 2011

Serbia expects to receive EU candidate status by the end of 2011, according to the country’s Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic. Serbian PM is also positive that his country will obtain a date for starting accession negotiations by the end of this year. “If we use this year in the properly …

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Hashim Thaci: Marty’s Report is an attack against the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia

Hashim Thaci said on Friday (December 31st) that a recent Council of Europe report accusing him of involvement in illegal human organ trafficking activities may hamper future talks with Belgrade. Thaci said that Marty’s Report is an attack against the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. At the same time, he …

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Serbian Minister: EULEX should assume responsibility for the Kosovo organ trade

Serbian Minister of Labor Rasim Ljajić said in Strasbourg in Monday that the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, should assume responsibility for the Kosovo organ trade. The chairman of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal said that EULEX should also process as soon as possible the

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Serbian President: Kosovo will be viewed differently after crimes report

Serbian President Boris Tadić believes that the international community will see the Kosovo problem with different eyes after a report on crimes committed against Serbs. “Serbia has been waiting for years in front of international institutions for a report like this” Tadić said. 

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EP rapporteur for Serbia visits Belgrade

European Parliament rapporteur for Serbia Jelko Kacin is visiting Serbia, where he is meeting with government and parliament officials and NGO representatives. Kacin said in Belgrade on Monday that Dick Marty’s report on KLA organ trafficking is not substantiated enough to justify

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Serbian FM visits Russia

Serbian and Russian Foreign Ministers Vuk Jeremić and Sergey Lavrov discussed bilateral and international cooperation in Moscow today. The two ministries are preparing a declaration on strategic partnership between Russia and Serbia. 

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Serbs who fled Croatia during 1991-1995 insist that the country should solve property rights before joining the EU

Representatives of Serbs who fled Croatia during the 1991-1995 war announced on Monday (December 13th) they are launching a petition drive to insist that Croatia resolve their property rights and other outstanding issues before joining the EU. They will start collecting signatures as of Wednesday in Serbia, Montenegro, Republika Srpska, …

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