Serbia

France’s Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner will visit Belgrade on Monday and meet with Serbia’s top officials. Kouchner and his hosts will discuss the Serbia’s European integration, Kosovo issues and a strategic partnership between the two countries. One of the topics during the discussions will be a possible visit to Serbia …

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković met with his Romanian counterpart Emil Boc on Wednesday in Budapest. Cvetković said that Serbia deeply appreciates the principled stance of Romania regarding the defense of principles of international law in the Kosovo and Metohija issue.

Serbian Ambassador to Montenegro Zoran Lutovac returned on Tuesday evening to his office in Podgorica. He was called back to Belgrade in mid-January following a decision by the Montenegrin government to establish diplomatic relations with Kosovo.

Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said that Spain won’t recognize Kosovo’s independence. He said that Spain won’t bring that kind of decision until UN resolution is adopted or Belgrade and Pristina reach an agreement. Moratinos said that the security, peace and stability at the Balkans is due to the …

The IMF and the Serbian government successfully completed the third review of their 2.9 billion-euro arrangement, IMF mission chief Albert Jaeger told a press conference in Belgrade on Tuesday. He said that key quantitative targets under the programme have been met and that the IMF Board will likely approve the …

Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčak said that EU representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith can continue to represent the EU in Kosovo.

Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said that the most contentious points in Serbian-Croatian relations are a border issue and problems related to the wartime and post-war period. Josipovic, said that the border problem with Serbia was not as big as the one with Slovenia and that it would be easier to …

Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) deputies in the parliament of Bosnia’s Serb dominated part Republika Srpska have vetoed a referendum law adopted by the region’s parliament earlier in February, declaring it to be in violation of their community’s “vital national interests”. The chairman of the Bosniak caucus in the Republika Srpska parliament …

Justice Minister Snezana Malovic has invited Montenegrin counterpart Miras Radovic to meet Thursday (February 25th) in Belgrade to discuss problems that are hindering co-operation between their respective judicial institutions. Serbia’s Prosecutor for Organised Crime Miljko Radisavljevic and State Prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac will also attend the meeting. The invitation has also …

KFOR commander Markus Bentler says that the NATO-led mission will not interfere in the political processes in Kosovo. The German general pointed out that KFOR was impartial and that, according to UN SC Resolution 1244, its duty was to secure a safe environment in all parts of Kosovo.