Serbia

President Boris Tadić said that Serbia’s foreign policy priorities are the EU, the country’s sovereignty, regional cooperation and economic diplomacy. Tadić addressed the Ambassadors’ Conference in Belgrade on Tuesday and said that the success of Serbia’s foreign policies is an articulation of relations with big world powers such as Russia, …

Serbian international law expert Tibor Varadi says the ICJ will “probably consider Croatia’s genocide lawsuit against Serbia and Serbia’s countersuit in the same proceedings”. “I think the most rational and logical thing is to have joint proceedings, because the suits deal with the same period and the same series of …

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic will be the first member of Socialist Party of Serbia, SPS, to attend the traditional National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. The press attache to the American Embassy in Belgrade, Brian Stimler, confirmed that a diplomatic A1 visa has been issued to Dacic.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou came to Belgrade on Monday to voice his support for Serbia’s and the Western Balkans’ integration into the EU, citing 2014 as a possible target date. According to the Greek news agency ANA, Papandreou noted that his presence in Belgrade is a signal for an …

Police have arrested a man, Darko Jankovic, for suspected war crimes against civilians committed during the Bosnian conflict, war crimes prosecution office spokesman Bruno Vekaric announced on Sunday (January 3rd). Vekaric said Jankovic is wanted for the 1992 killings of 19 civilians near the town of Zvornik, as well as …

Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will soon join the Schengen zone, former EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said. Solana stressed that regional co-operation and peace in the Balkans are critical to the region, and added that its prospects lie not in division but in European integration. He also …

Zagreb Mayor and candidate in Croatia’s presidential race Milan Bandić says open issues between Croatia and Serbia should be resolved. Croatia and Serbia have potential for a bright European future and cooperation if they resolve their open issues, he said.

Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Greece Georgios Papandreou is to visit Belgrade today. Papandreou will take part in the annual conference of ambassadors to Serbia. During the visit in Belgrade he will meet with his counterpart Mirko Cvetkovic and the president of the state Boris Tadic.

Serbia will on Monday file a countersuit before the International Court of Justice, ICJ, against Croatia for genocide allegedly committed against Serbs during the war in 90s and World War II. “There is a lot of material which will turn on the lights on the international stage and show what …

Bulgaria will continue to support Serbia’s bid to join the European Union, but was unlikely to withdraw its recognition of the independence of Kosovo, Sofia’s top diplomat in Belgrade said on January 2. “Membership in the EU means that the country is stable, progressive and predictable and such a Serbia …