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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.

Serbia can’t join the European Union (EU) unless it solves Kosovo issue, but same goes for Kosovo as it can’t join EU unless all EU member states recognize Kosovo’s independence.

Kosovo authorities should launch Kosovo-Albania unification talks instead of negotiating with Belgrade, Self-Determination leader Albin Kurti said on Wednesday.

EU Special Representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith stated that the protection, preservation and promotion of religious and cultural heritage is essential.