Serbia

Petar Boskovic, the head of the Directorate for Public Affairs at the Ministry of Defense, has announced that a Serbian mission to NATO at its headquarters in Brussels will be officially opened by the beginning of June.

A summit of Western Balkan leaders near Ljubljana ended on Saturday (March 20th) by adopting a joint statement on their countries’ commitment to the European perspective. The forum was marred by the absence of Serbian President Boris Tadic who boycotted because Kosovo was not represented according to the UN Security …

Serbian President Boris Tadić will not travel to the informal regional conference in Slovenia tomorrow. The Serbian leader will be absent because of a dispute over the manner in which the Kosovo Albanian delegation should be represented.

The public prosecutor in Belgrade dropped the case against General Vladimir Trifunovic and four officers of the Yugoslav People’s Army. In 1995, Trifunovic was sentenced to seven years in prison for the 1991 pullout of 250 soldiers from the JNA army barracks in Varazdin, Croatia.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele on Wednesday (March 17th) voiced the European Commission’s (EC) support for Serbia’s EU integration. After talks with Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic in Belgrade, Fuele said that while Serbia faces a lot of challenges and tasks, the EC is ready to help if Belgrade is truly …

I will participate in the Western Balkans summit, which will take place in Brdo if Serbian President Tadic makes an appearance. President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy made

European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule arrives Wednesday in Belgrade. Fule will meet with Serbian top officials to discuss the EU integration of the country. It is expected Mr. Fule to confirm EU determination for Serbian accession to the EU after the state meet the requirements.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu urged the EU on Monday (March 15th) to end visa requirements for Turkish citizens. The request came during a meeting with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele, who was visiting Ankara for the first time since being elected to the post. The EU lifted visa requirements …

It would be important for the success of the planned conference in Slovenia if the Serbian president attended, says a Slovenian embassy in Belgrade official. This would be significant, Jadranka Šturm-Kocjan stated, for cooperation in the region, mutual relations and dialogues between the Western Balkans countries.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele is set to begin his first Western Balkans tour on Wednesday, with scheduled stops in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Kosovo.