Serbia

The balance of payment deficit in Serbia will be nine percent of the GDP this year, as opposed to 17.4 percent in 2008, daily Večernje Novosti writes. The decrease in exports (23 percent less than last year), but also imports (decreasing by 31 percent), have enabled Serbia to now consider …

Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz is expected to visit Serbia in October, according to the President of Serbia’s Hague Cooperation Council Rasim Ljajić. The actions geared towards arrested the remaining Hague fugitives Goran Hadžić and Ratko Mladić are ingoing daily, Ljajić said, adding that Serbia is

European Commission, EC, Vice-President Jacques Barrot says the EC will suggest that the EU Council include Serbia in the bloc’s visa-free regime should a technical mission’s report prove positive. “Serbian Interior Ministry Ivica Dacic handed me a report on Serbia’s progress on the visa liberalisation roadmap this morning, which Serbia …

EULEX chief Yves de Kermabon says he believes cooperation with Belgrade, “even if minimal”, is necessary. This, the head of the EU mission in Kosovo told AFP, concerns solving “cross-border issues”. Kermabon also stated that people, drug, oil and cigarette trafficking activities have intensified, “especially in northern Kosovo, which is …

The War Crimes Chamber of Belgrade’s District Court today announced its verdict in the case against Ilija Jurišić. Jurišić was found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in jail. The two and a half years he has spent in custody will be included in the time he will now serve. …

Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz says Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić will be tried by the international tribunal, regardless of when they are arrested. “The arrested of these fugitives remains the main priority. If that does not happen, the UN Security Council announced that it will set up a mechanism …

European Union member states are expected to give a green light in December to visa-free travel for Serbia as it has made “relatively satisfying” progress, Justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot said Monday. “An expert mission will come to Belgrade in mid-October” to assess if Serbia met all the requirements and “if …

Vice-President of the European Commission and EU Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Jacques Barrot, arrives in Belgrade today for talks with Serbian leaders for the abolition of visas for Serbian citizens to travel within the Schengen area, media reported. Barrot will meet with President Boris Tadic, Mirko Cvetkovic, First …

Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu yesterday assessed after returning from New York as “irrational” the protest note of Belgrade because of the participation of the Kosovo delegation at the session of the UN General Assembly. Sejdiu said that Kosovo delegation has responded to the protest of Serbia with a large number …

FM Vuk Jeremić says there is a very good chance that the International Court of Justice will rule that Kosovo’s unilateral independence declaration was illegal. “We’re hopeful. We’re confident of the strength of our legal arguments and it would be hard to impose political views on that court,“ Jeremić told …