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Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac arrived on an official visit to Sofia at the invitation of Bulgarian counterpart Anyu Angelov. Sutanovac will meet with Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, National Assembly Chairperson Tsetska Tsacheva, Defence Minister Anyo Angelov and will discuss the bilateral.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will inform EU foreign ministers about preparations for the Belgrade-Priština dialogue. She will also inform the ministers about the effort made by the union in order for that dialogue to take place. The announced dialogue is expected start in early 2011. Officials in Brussels …

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov and his Greek and Serbian counterparts, Dimitris Droutsas and Vuk Jeremic, have voiced support for the EU integration of Western Balkan countries. The three top diplomats met in Sofia on Saturday (December 11th). Mladenov said that Bulgaria and Greece, as EU members, have the historic …

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said on Wednesday that Serbia has been ready for dialogue with Priština “for weeks”. He expressed hope that once the election process in Kosovo is over, the conditions will be secured in Priština too for the start of the dialogue.

Serbian President Boris Tadic wants to launch a new phase in developing relations between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Meeting in Belgrade with High Representative Valentin Inzko on Tuesday (December 7th), Tadic reiterated that Serbia supports BiH’s

Montenegro handed over the year-long chairmanship of the Central European Initiative (CEI) to Serbia on Tuesday (December 7th) during a meeting of national co-ordinators from member states in Podgorica. Montenegrin

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic has slammed the decision of the authorities in Pristina to change the license plates, saying this is another piece of evidence that they do not want a dialog with Belgrade.

A project for a bilateral collaboration agreement between Bulgaria and Serbia within the EU Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance has been signed by Bulgaria’s council of Ministers Wednesday.

Slovakia will recognize Kosovo only if Belgrade agrees with it previously, Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radičova says. Radičova stressed that Slovakia continues to support Serbia’s aspirations to become a full member of the EU, and

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has arrive in Belgrade, where he met with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić. Bildt stated in Belgrade on Wednesday that Serbia has made great progress in the EU integration process although there are still some unresolved issues.