Serbia

Serbia to receive EU questionnaire this month

EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fuele will visit Belgrade on November 24, when he will officially present the Serbian government with a questionnaire. It will consist of 4,000-5,000 questions, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Božidar Đelić said on Monday.

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Danish parliamentary delegation visits Serbia

President of the Danish parliament Thor Pedersen said in Belgrade on Monday that Denmark fully supports Serbia’s efforts to become a member of the EU. Addressing journalists at the Serbian National Assembly building, after the signing of the Agreement on inter-parliamentary cooperation between Serbia and Denmark, Pedersen said that he …

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Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić: EU accession after Kosovo status resolution

Božidar Đelić says Serbia will say that Kosovo is its part when it answers EU questionnaire questions about the country’s borders, territory and population. The deputy Serbian PM and former U.S. Ambassador in Belgrade William Montgomery both took part in a talk show

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UN Secretary-General welcomes dialogue on Kosovo

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the announcement that the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština will begin soon. He pointed out that the process will open a new phase in relations between the two parties and help consolidate peace and stability in the

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Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić: Kosovo must be settled before EU accession

Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić has stated that the issue of Kosovo-Metohija has to be solved previous to Serbia’ EU accession, which is not viable before 2015. The unanimous decision of the EU foreign ministers to forward Serbia’s EU candidacy application to the European Commission (EC) has been another step …

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Serbian FM said that dialogue with Priština should begin

Vuk Jeremić said that Serbia was ready for dialogue with Priština and that “it would be better for everybody if the process started as soon as possible”. “As far as we are concerned it can begin right now. Officials from Brussels, who will play a mediator role, are also ready,” …

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Serbia raises reward for Mladic to EUR 10 million

Serbia plans to offer EUR 10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of the Balkans’ most wanted war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, an official said Thursday. Earlier this week, European Union foreign ministers agreed to ask the bloc’s executive commission

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Catherine Ashton: Serbian President, Kosovo Prime Minister ready for dialogue

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Wednesday that the date and topics for the Belgrade-Priština dialogue are up to the sides. “Serbian President Boris Tadić and Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci are now ready to start the dialogue,” she said answering questions of MPs in the European Parliament …

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