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EU Special Representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith: New phase in Kosovo with ICJ decision

EU Special Representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith said that Kosovo is on the threshold of a new phase. Speaking in Washington on Tuesday, the Dutch diplomat, who also heads the International Civilian Office (ICO) in Priština, added that the ICJ’s opinion may encourage Belgrade and Priština to solve technical issues …

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Belgrade mayor meets with Serbs in Kosovo

Belgrade Mayor Dragan Đilas visited Serbs returnees in village of Novake near Prizren on Tuesday. He presented them with a van for transporting people and goods, donated by the city. Đilas told the returnees that Belgrade would always offer support to people who choose to return to their homes in …

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Bosnian presidency official expected in Belgrade

Serbian President Boris Tadić will meet on Tuesday in Belgrade with Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency official Haris Silajdžić. This will be the Bosnian Muslim politician’s first visit to Belgrade since the war in Bosnia began in 1992. Silajdžić announced last week that succession and the fate of the property of Bosnian companies, as …

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Serbian President says EU plans to accelerate enlargement process

Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Sunday (May 23rd) that EU officials assured him recently the bloc will accelerate the enlargement process after the world economic crisis eases. He blamed the stalemate in the integration of new members on the shift in EU focus to its economic troubles. Tadic also …

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Serbian President, Cypriot President: Excellent relations

Serbian President Boris Tadić and Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias met in Nicosia on Thursday, on the first day of Tadić’s two-day visit. At a joint press conference after meeting Tadić, Christofias said that Cyprus supports Serbia and all Western Balkan countries on their path towards integration in the European Union.

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Top Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) leader to make official visit to Serbia

Top Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) leader Haris Silajdzic is set to travel to Belgrade next week for his first official visit to Serbia since the end of Bosnia’s 1992-95 war, his advisor said Thursday. Silajdzic, who serves as the Bosniak member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, is scheduled to make a one-day …

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Serbia invited to EU-Western Balkans conference

Serbia has received an invitation to next month’s EU-Western Balkans conference in Sarajevo, local media reported on Wednesday (May 19th). Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, has said that an agreement had been reached to hold it under the so-called Gymnich format. Kosovo …

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