Serbia

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele urged the bloc on Tuesday (June 15th) to take further steps regarding Serbia’s bid. Belgrade submitted its formal EU membership application in late December. The European Commission (EC) is now awaiting a formal request from the Council of the EU to begin assessing the candidacy.

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic has announced that the time has come for Croatia and Serbia to discuss the possibility for citizens of the two countries to cross their common border with a national identity card. Speaking at a meeting with representatives of the Croatian Parliament on Monday, Dacic said …

Serbian President Boris Tadić will be meeting with Bosnia-Herzegovina Assembly Speaker Sulejman Tihić in Belgrade on Tuesday. Tihić, the leader of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) isleading a delegation of his party and country during the visit.

EU foreign ministers have agreed to start the ratification process of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with Serbia, a major step forward on the country’s path to the EU. The 27 EU foreign ministers took the decision at their meeting in Luxembourg after the chief prosecutor at the UN war …

EULEX officials want Belgrade to take the next step in collecting information regarding the Raska mass grave, believed to contain the bodies of 250 Albanians. “This case is important, and we encourage Belgrade authorities to move forward as soon as possible in order to shed light on the truth,” EULEX …

A delegation of the Croatian Assembly, led by Deputy Speaker Neven Mimica, is visiting Belgrade this Monday. The visit comes after a delegation of the Serbia-Croatia Parliamentary Friendship Group visited the Croatian Assembly on February 22 and 23.

Montenegrin Interior Minister Ivan Brajovic said he didn’t receive any letter from Kosovo Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi seeking a demarcation of the border between two two countries, RTCG said.

Serbian President Boris Tadić and his Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov said that increasing the speed of the region’s European integration is a priority. They also said that this is a key condition for long-term stability and peace in the region.

Montenegrin police have arrested an ethnic Serb wanted by Croatia for war crimes committed in 1991, media reported on Tuesday (June 8th). Marin Krivosic, 45, was detained on Saturday based on an arrest warrant issued by Zagreb. He is suspected of involvement in the killing of 56 Croatian civilians in …

Croatian Defence Minister Branko Vukelic and his Serbian counterpart Dragan Sutanovac have signed a “historic agreement” on military cooperation. Currently on a two-day visit to Zagreb, Sutanovac met with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic on Monday, and the two agreed that there was no alternative to cooperation between the two countries …