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
Read More »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 …
Read More »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,” …
Read More »Draft Serbia resolution presented at EP
The European Parliament welcomed the decision of the EU ministers to approve a new step toward Serbia’s membership in the union. The EP also and called on all EU countries to ratify the agreement as soon as possible.
Read More »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
Read More »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 …
Read More »Dragan Rodic sentenced eight years in prison for war crimes
The court of BiH accepted on Tuesday (October 26th) a plea bargain between prosecutors and Bosnian Serb Dragan Rodic, sentencing him to eight years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Bosniak and Croatian
Read More »EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele: Serbia to reveive a questionnaire in November
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele stated late on Tuesday that the European Commission (EC) will send Serbia a questionnaire in November. It will mark the beginning of the Commission’s work
Read More »Remains of 97 people found on Bosnia-Serbia border
The remains of around 100 people believed to have been Muslims killed early in the Bosnian 1992-95 war have been unearthed from a lake bed on the border between Bosnia and Serbia, forensic experts said on Tuesday.
Read More »Russian FM: dialogue between Belgrade and Priština should be based on UN Security Council Resolution 1244
Russian FM Sergei Lavrov says that the future dialogue between Belgrade and Priština should be based on UN Security Council Resolution 1244. Lavrov stated that Russia
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