Serbia

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele told the Dutch parliament that Serbian application for EU candidate status should be sent to the European Commission. He pointed out that Serbia’s cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) can still remain a precondition of EU integration.

Sarajevo: A moderate Muslim leader who has won a seat in the country’s presidency said yesterday he would base his policies on multi-ethnic tolerance and will not allow any moves by Bosnian Serbs to break away from Bosnia.

Kosovo government in Priština FM Skender Hyseni claims that ten countries have already set a deadline for recognition of Kosovo. He said that about 60 countries had promised Priština that they would soon consider recognizing Kosovo. 

Croat President Ivo Josipović attended the unveiling of a memorial for nine elderly Serb men killed in late September 1995 in the village of Varivode near Knin. Their murder happened almost two months after the military Operation Storm against these Serb areas of Croatia.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said in Belgrade that Serbia’s future is in the EU and that Serbia needs to become a member as soon as possible. At the end of an event called Serbia on the Road to Europe – 10 Years Later, Papandreou said that in 2000, the …

NATO peacekeepers and European Union police have stepped up patrols in Kosovo’s tense north in a bid to fight a surge in violent incidents, including arson and explosions, officials said. The top NATO commander in Kosovo, Maj. Gen. Erhard Buehler, and police chief Udo Moeller said they have more foot …

Bosnian Serb president-elect Milorad Dodik on Tuesday repeated his hardline position dismissing Bosnia as an “impossible state” cooked up by the international community. “Bosnia is impossible as a state. It was never a state and it will never be one (…) Bosnia is only possible as a union of republics,” …

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will arrive on official visit to Belgrade on October 12-13. In the frames of the visit Clinton will meet with Serbian President Boris Tadic, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac. Talks will be dedicated to the Belgrade-Pristina …

Slovak FM Mikulas Dzurinda stressed at the meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković that the Slovak government will not consider recognizing Kosovo. He also said that Bratislava supports the initiation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština.

Serbian President Boris Tadić says Serbia can join the EU in 2016 at the earliest, but that it could come a lot later if reforms in are carried out at a slow pace. “The earliest possible date of Serbia’s EU accession is 2016, on condition that negotiations start late in 2011 …