Serbia

Austrian MEP: “EU can’t ask Serbia to recognize Kosovo”

The European Union cannot request Serbia to recognize Kosovo, says an Austrian MEP. This is because the unilateral declaration of independence of Serbia’s southern province had not been recognized by some EU member-states, European parliament member and Vice-President of the Socialist group in the EP Hannes Svoboda has stated.

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U.S. delegation visits Belgrade

A delegation of U.S. senators, including George Voinovich [R-OH] and Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH], visited Belgrade on Thursday. They met with President Boris Tadić, and called for a partnership between Serbia and the U.S.

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Catherine Ashton in Belgrade Talks Serbia’s EU Integration

The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, has welcomed Serbia’s EU membership application and stressed that cooperation with the UN war crimes court, ICTY, is central to Serbia’s further progress toward the EU. Speaking about Serbia’s EU integration at a press conference in Belgrade on Thursday, Ashton said that …

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Catherine to visit Serbia

The EU Foreign and Security Policies Chief Catherine Ashton will be making a visit to Serbia on Thursday. Ashton will be meeting with Serbian senior officials, including the president, prime minister, and other cabinet officials to discuss Serbia’s EU integration process. 

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New War Crimes Trial Opens in Belgrade

A trial for crimes commited against Bosniaks in Prijedor in 1994 will open on February 18 in the war crimes chamber at the High Court in Belgrade. In December last year, the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor in Serbia indicted Dusko Kesar, 46, for his role in the murder …

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Serbian FM: Kosovo and EU are two separated topics

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said that EU integrations and the Kosovo status question are two separate issues. “In the last two years of our diplomatic fight for Kosovo, we have preserved peace and stability in the region, began the historic process before the

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ICO says all parties should be consulted about strategy for northern Kosovo

The International Civilian Office (ICO) will continue to insist on consulting all parties, including Belgrade, regarding implementation of a strategy to extend Prstina’s authority into Serb-dominated northern Kosovo. “The ICO calls on everyone to have a constructive role in this process, which aims at improving living conditions for citizens in …

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Status conference to be held today in Karadžić case

A status conference will be held today in the trial of Radovan Karadžić. Representatives of six countries are expected to give their statements. The chamber of the Hague Tribunal conducting the trial against the former political leader of Bosnia’s Serbs has given Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, France, Holland and Iran a …

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