Serbia

Serbian President Boris Tadić will today in Belgrade meet with Serb leaders from the region. A statement from his cabinet did not specify who the president would host today. However, Republic of Srpska (RS) Premier Milorad Dodik’s cabinet has confirmed that he would attend. Unofficially, Serb representative in Croatia Milorad …

Submitting Serbia’s application for EU candidacy was not premature, says Boris Tadić, and adds he hopes the country would receive that status in 2010. Speaking in Novi Sad on Wednesday night, the president said that Serbia was “not the same country” after the formal request to become EU candidate, submitted …

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha extended an invitation to Serbian President Boris Tadic to visit Tirana. Berisha met with a delegation of Kosovo Serbs, who embarked on a historic trip to Albania, and told them that he invited Serbian president to visit Albania, local media reported.

As of January 1, Montenegrin nationals up to 14 years old who intend to travel to Serbia will require passports, while those aged 14 to 18 will need to present either a passport or ID card. The decision was made by the Serbian Interior Ministry, according to a statement released …

Bulgarian Prime Minister (PM) Boyko Borisov has discussed issues on bilateral relations of Bulgaria with Macedonia and Serbia. In a telephone talks he has wished the two friendly countries on their path to the integration in European structures and has welcomed the official Serbia’s application for EU accession, the government …

The New U.S. ambassador in Serbia is expected in mid-January, that country’s embassy press attaché Brian Stimmler said on Tuesday. Mary Warlick’s appointment must first be approved by the U.S. Senate, which has not yet voted on the issue. U.S. President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint Warlick to …

The Coordinator of Serbia’s Action Team for locating and arresting Hague indictees, Rasim Ljajic, has repeated earlier warnings that he will resign if the number-one war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic is not arrested by the end of this year. Ljajic said he must bear responsibility for having said that the …

President Boris Tadić said in Stockholm on Tuesday that he expects Serbia to become a candidate for European Union membership next year. At a reception organized in his honor by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Tadić said that Serbia will be a positive surprise to Europe in the coming year, …

Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević has meet with CoE Parliamentary Assembly Rapporteur Dick Marty in Zurich, Switzerland. Vukčević informed Marty about the latest findings of his office in the Kosovo organ trade case, the prosecution said in a statement in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Serbia’s ruling Democratic Party, DS, announced it might re-examine relations with its coalition partners after four deputies of an ethnic minority party, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, SVM, voted on Monday against the draft budget for next year. Parliament met on Monday to approve the draft bill. The SVM decided not …