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EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele has welcomed the prospect of “new relations” with Belgrade, following last week’s adoption of its resolution on Kosovo at the UN General Assembly.

Macedonia and Serbia agreed on Saturday (September 18th) to allow their citizens to cross the common border with ID cards instead of passports. The initiative was announced after a meeting in Skopje between Macedonian Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska and her Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic. The measure will initially be implemented

Hungary wants Serbia in the EU as soon as possible, Hungary’s PMs stressed on Thursday in talks with their Serbian counterparts.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele is expected in Belgrade today. Fuele says Serbia’s candidate status request should be considered in October. He also said that the European Commission is ready to commence that process within only a few days.

Future talks between Belgrade and Pristina do not mean that Serbia will recognise Kosovo, Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said on Wednesday (September 15th). “For Serbia, the red line is that the talks do not, in any

The Assembly of the Community of Kosovo Municipalities is calling on Serbian President Boris Tadic and Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic to resign, public broadcaster RTK reported on Wednesday (September 15th).

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashin Thaci said the forthcoming talks between Belgrade and Pristina will be transparent and that Kosovo’s parliament has the last say over ratification of eventual deal.

Serbian Ministry for Kosovo State Secretary Oliver Ivanović has stated that Belgrade and Priština cannot negotiate without a mediator.

Austria’s Parliament will ratify the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia by the end of the year, Barbara Prammer, speaker of the lower house, told visiting Serbian counterpart Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic

Serbian President Boris Tadić will meet with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele in Belgrade on September 17. Fuele will use his visit to Belgrade to discuss practical issues of Serbia’s EU integration with Serbian officials, according to earlier information from Fuele’s office and an announcement from the president’s cabinet.